The inverse spatial Laplacian of spherically symmetric spacetimes

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA7F61zbMATH Open1372.83036arXiv1601.01442OpenAlexW3103956827MaRDI QIDQ5369352FDOQ5369352

Authors: Karan Fernandes, Amitabha Lahiri 

Publication date: 17 October 2017

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

Abstract: In this paper we derive the inverse spatial Laplacian for static, spherically symmetric backgrounds by solving Poisson's equation for a point source. This is different from the electrostatic Green function, which is defined on the four dimensional static spacetime, while the equation we consider is defined on the spatial hypersurface of such spacetimes. This Green function is relevant in the Hamiltonian dynamics of theories defined on spherically symmetric backgrounds, and closed form expressions for the solutions we find are absent in the literature. We derive an expression in terms of elementary functions for the Schwarzschild spacetime, and comment on the relation of this solution with the known Green function of the spacetime Laplacian operator. We also find an expression for the Green function on the static pure de Sitter space in terms of hypergeometric functions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01442

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zbMATH Keywords

Green functionHamiltonian dynamicsSchwarzschild spacetimePoisson's equationde-Sitterspatial Laplacian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Black holes (83C57) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40)

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Uses Software

• Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

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