A new form of the C-metric

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DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/14/321zbMATH Open1043.83010arXivgr-qc/0305089OpenAlexW2058131699MaRDI QIDQ4457684FDOQ4457684

Edward Teo, Kenneth Hong

Publication date: 25 March 2004

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The usual form of the C-metric has the structure function G(xi)=1-xi^2-2mAxi^3, whose cubic nature can make calculations cumbersome, especially when explicit expressions for its roots are required. In this paper, we propose a new form of the C-metric, with the explicitly factorisable structure function G(xi)=(1-xi^2)(1+2mAxi). Although this form is related to the usual one by a coordinate transformation, it has the advantage that its roots are now trivial to write down. We show that this leads to potential simplifications, for example, when casting the C-metric in Weyl coordinates. These results also extend to the charged C-metric, whose structure function can be written in the new form G(xi)=(1-xi^2)(1+r_{+}Axi)(1+r_{-}Axi), where r_{pm} are the usual locations of the horizons in the Reissner-Nordstrom solution. As a by-product, we explicitly cast the extremally charged C-metric in Weyl coordinates.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0305089






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