Critical exponent and Hausdorff dimension in pseudo-Riemannian hyperbolic geometry

Abstract

The aim of this article is to understand the geometry of limit sets in pseudo-Riemannian hyperbolic geometry. We focus on a class of subgroups of $\mathrm{PO}(p,q+1)$ introduced by Danciger, Guéritaud and Kassel, called $\mathbb{H}^{p,q}$-convex cocompact. We define a pseudo-Riemannian analogue of critical exponent and Hausdorff dimension of the limit set. We show that they are equal and bounded from above by the usual Hausdorff dimension of the limit set. We also prove a rigidity result in $\mathbb{H}^{2,1}=\mathrm{ADS}^3$ which can be understood as a Lorentzian version of a famous Theorem of R. Bowen in $3$-dimensional hyperbolic geometry.