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Proper time and length in Schwarzschild geometry

General Physics 2014-06-11 v1

Abstract

We study proper time (τ\tau) intervals for observers at rest in the universe (UU) and anti-universe (Uˉ\bar{U}) sectors of the Kruskal-Schwarzschild eternal spacetime of mass MM, and proper lengths (ρ\rho) in the black hole (BH) and white hole (WH) sectors. The fact that in asymptotically flat regions, coordinate time tt at infinity is proper time, leads to a past directed Kruskal time TT in Uˉ\bar{U}. In the BH and WH sectors maximal proper lengths coincide with maximal proper time intervals, πM\pi M, in these regions, i.e. with the proper time of radial free falling (ejection) to (from) the singularity starting (ending) from (at) rest at the horizon.

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@article{arxiv.1406.2350,
  title  = {Proper time and length in Schwarzschild geometry},
  author = {O. Brauer and H. A. Camargo and M. Socolovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.2350},
  year   = {2014}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure

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