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Velocity at the Schwarzschild horizon revisited

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The question of the physical reality of the black hole interior is a recurrent one. An objection to its existence is the well known fact that the velocity of a material particle, refered to the stationary frame, tends to the velocity of light as it approaches the horizon. It is shown, using Kruskal coordinates, that a timelike radial geodesic does not become null at the event horizon.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9905144,
  title  = {Velocity at the Schwarzschild horizon revisited},
  author = {Ismael Tereno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9905144},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 1 postscript figure