Apparent horizons in vacuum Robinson-Trautman spacetimes

DOI10.1017/S0334270000011176zbMATH Open0949.83014arXivgr-qc/9503065OpenAlexW2026083169MaRDI QIDQ4702014FDOQ4702014

Authors: Ernest W. M. Chow, Anthony W. C. Lun 

Publication date: 2 July 2000

Published in: The Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society. Series B. Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Vacuum asymptotically flat Robinson-Trautman spacetimes are a well known class of spacetimes exhibiting outgoing gravitational radiation. In this paper we describe a method of locating the past apparent horizon in these spacetimes, and discuss the properties of the horizon. We show that the past apparent horizon is non-timelike, and that its surface area is a decreasing function of the retarded time. A numerical simulation of the apparent horizon is also discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9503065

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zbMATH Keywords

numerical simulationapparent horizonSchwarzschild geometryEinstein-Maxwell equationRobinson-Trautman spacetimesBondi equationCalabi equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Black holes (83C57)

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