Spacetime Embedding Diagrams for Black Holes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-25 v3
Abstract
We show that the 1+1 dimensional reduction (i.e., the radial plane) of the Kruskal black hole can be embedded in 2+1 Minkowski spacetime and discuss how features of this spacetime can be seen from the embedding diagram. The purpose of this work is educational: The associated embedding diagrams may be useful for explaining aspects of black holes to students who are familiar with special relativity, but not general relativity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9806123,
title = {Spacetime Embedding Diagrams for Black Holes},
author = {Donald Marolf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9806123},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
22 pages, 21 figures, RevTex. To be submitted to the American Journal of Physics. Experts will wish only to skim appendix A and to look at the pictures. Suggested Maple code is now compatible with MapleV4r5