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The post-Newtonian metric of a self-gravitating and collapsing thin spherical shell

General Physics 2024-10-08 v4

Abstract

We calculate the metric for a self-gravitating and collapsing infinitely-thin spherical shell under the theory of post-Newtonian approximation, and successfully recover the shell's energy-momentum tensor from the achieved metric. The post-Newtonian dynamic equations of the test particles inside and outside the shell are achieved respectively. It is demonstrated that the radial motion of the spherically-symmetric system can contribute to the second gravitational potential and the gravitomagnetic field, inducing the time-dependent gravitational effects.

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@article{arxiv.2402.05134,
  title  = {The post-Newtonian metric of a self-gravitating and collapsing thin spherical shell},
  author = {Wenbin Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.05134},
  year   = {2024}
}

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