Kinematic relative velocity with respect to stationary observers in Schwarzschild spacetime

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2012.12.005zbMATH Open1266.83036arXiv1205.0884OpenAlexW2078319269WikidataQ125782059 ScholiaQ125782059MaRDI QIDQ1947586FDOQ1947586

Authors: V. J. Bolós 

Publication date: 22 April 2013

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the kinematic relative velocity of general test particles with respect to stationary observers (using spherical coordinates) in Schwarzschild spacetime, obtaining that its modulus does not depend on the observer, unlike Fermi, spectroscopic and astrometric relative velocities. We study some fundamental particular cases, generalizing some results given in other work about stationary and radial free-falling test particles. Moreover, we give a new result about test particles with circular geodesic orbits: the modulus of their kinematic relative velocity with respect to any stationary observer depends only on the radius of the circular orbit, and so, it remains constant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0884

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zbMATH Keywords

Schwarzschild spacetimestationary observerrelative velocitytest particleNewtonian behavior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Special relativity (83A05) Black holes (83C57)

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