Geodesics in the generalized Schwarzschild solution

DOI10.1119/1.1701846MaRDI QIDQ3088639zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthew R. Francis, Arthur Kosowsky

Publication date 19 August 2011

Published in American Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311038

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

Abstract: Since Schwarzshild discovered the point-mass solution to Einstein's equations that bears his name, many equivalent forms of the metric have been catalogued. Using an elementary coordinate transformation, we derive the most general form for the stationary, spherically-symmetric vacuum metric, which contains one free function. Different choices for the function correspond to common expressions for the line element. From the general metric, we obtain particle and photon trajectories, and use them to specify several time coordinates adapted to physical situations. The most general form of the metric is only slightly more complicated than the Schwarzschild form, which argues effectively for teaching the general line element in place of the diagonal metric.

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