Modular Surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski 3-Space: Curvature and Applications

TL;DR

This paper investigates the curvature properties of modular surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski 3-space, classifies zero Gaussian curvature cases, and explores their applications in conformal field theories and non-linear sigma models.

Contribution

It provides a complete classification of zero Gaussian curvature modular surfaces and links their geometric properties to complex analytic functions and physical models.

Findings

Complete classification of zero Gaussian curvature modular surfaces.

Non-existence of non-planar maximal modular surfaces.

Application of modular surfaces in conformal field theories.

Abstract

In this paper, we study the relation of the sign of the Gaussian and mean curvature of modular surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski $3$-space to the zeroes of the associated complex analytic functions and its derivatives. Further, we completely classify zero Gaussian curvature modular surfaces. Next we show non-existence of non-planar maximal modular surfaces, characterize CMC modular surfaces, analyze asymptotic behaviour of Gaussian curvature of complete modular graphs and the Hessian of their height functions and lastly as application, demonstrate how modular surfaces can be realised as integral surfaces of some conformal field theories and non-linear sigma models.