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Generalized observers and velocity measurements in General Relativity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

To resolve some unphysical interpretations related to velocity measurements by static observers, we discuss the use of generalized observer sets, give a prescription for defining the speed of test particles relative to those observers and show that, for any locally inertial frame, the speed of a freely falling material particle is always less than the speed of light at the Schwarzschild black hole surface.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0111073,
  title  = {Generalized observers and velocity measurements in General Relativity},
  author = {P. Crawford and I. Tereno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0111073},
  year   = {2015}
}

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20 pages, 1 figure, submitted to General Relativity and Gravitation