Classical Geometry of De Sitter Spacetime : An Introductory Review

TL;DR

This paper provides an introductory review of the classical geometric properties of de Sitter spacetime across various dimensions, covering coordinate systems, geodesics, and Penrose diagrams with detailed calculations.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive, detailed review of de Sitter spacetime geometry, including coordinate systems, geodesic motions, and Penrose diagrams, in arbitrary dimensions.

Findings

Detailed coordinate system descriptions

Explicit geodesic calculations

Construction of Penrose diagrams

Abstract

Classical geometry of de Sitter spacetime is reviewed in arbitrary dimensions. Topics include coordinate systems, geodesic motions, and Penrose diagrams with detailed calculations.