Support theorems for the light ray transform on analytic Lorentzian manifolds

Stefanov, Plamen

doi:10.1090/proc/13117

Support theorems for the light ray transform on analytic Lorentzian manifolds
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Abstract:

We study the weighted ray transform of integrating functions on a Lorentzian manifold over lightlike geodesics. We prove support theorems if the manifold and the weight are analytic.

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