English

Embedding the Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime in Euclidean and Minkowski spaces

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We examine embedding diagrams of hypersurfaces in the Reissner-Nordstrom black hole spacetime. These embedding diagrams serve as useful tools to visualize the geometry of the hypersurfaces and of the whole spacetime in general.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0605104,
  title  = {Embedding the Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime in Euclidean and Minkowski spaces},
  author = {Uri Jacob and Tsvi Piran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0605104},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, 10 figures