Published April 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Remark on the isotropic form of the Schwarzschild interior metric

  • 1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia

Description

In the course of determining the Schwarzschild interior solution in isotropic coordinates it turns out that to a given density and coordinate radius there in general correspond two possible spheres which have distinct masses and distinct physical radii. This situation is here described in detail

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Am. J. Phys.
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
4
Series
Am. J. Phys.
Journal Page Range
364-366
ISSN
0002-9505

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15014498
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COORDINATES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC; SCHWARZSCHILD RADIUS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; METRICS