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In this chapter some basic notions from Lorentzian geometry will be reviewed. In particular causality relations will be explained, Cauchy hypersurfaces and the concept of global hyperbolic manifolds will be introduced. Finally the structure of globally hyperbolic manifolds will be discussed. More comprehensive introductions can be found in [1] and [2].
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Pfäffle, F. (2009). Lorentzian Manifolds. In: Bär, C., Fredenhagen, K. (eds) Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 786. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02780-2_2
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