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This paper introduces differential-geometric methods to study $n$-dimensional locally conformally flat spaces as submanifolds in $\mathbb{R}^{n+2}$. We derive explicit formulas relating intrinsic and ambient differential-geometric objects, including curvature tensors, the codifferential and laplacian operators. We apply this approach to Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spaces using newfound embedding formulas, obtaining new and simplified expressions for the photon propagator in four dimensions.
Authors
- J. Queva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8280-1925)
- E. Huguet
- Jacques Renaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-5378)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Corse Pascal Paoli (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Spencer Foundation (US)
- Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/x3g4-b6s9
- Primary Topic
- Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00