Isotropic Coordinates and Schwarzschild Metric
Abstract
Written in terms of isotropic coordinates r, t, the Schwarzschild metric as usually given is static, i.e., admits a timelike Killing vector for all values of r and t. Therefore the region within the event horizon cannot be accounted for. This deficiency is remedied here, by finding the general spherically symmetric vacuum metric in isotropic coordinates.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Theoretical Physics
- Pub Date:
- July 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00670880
- Bibcode:
- 1985IJTP...24..731B