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Reconsidering Schwarzschild's original solution

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-07 v2 Astrophysics

Abstract

We analyse the Schwarzschild solution in the context of the historical development of its present use, and explain the invariant definition of a singular surface at the Schwarzschild's radius, that can be applied to the Kerr-Newman solution too.

Cite

@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0102084,
  title  = {Reconsidering Schwarzschild's original solution},
  author = {S. Antoci and D. -E. Liebscher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0102084},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, added references and a remark on the norm of the timelike Killing vector. Accepted for publication by Astronomische Nachrichten