Published January 21, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Perceiving light rays above and below the horizon of a black hole in Schwarzschild spacetime

  • 1. Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw (Poland)
  • 2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, Plac Maxa Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław (Poland)

Description

We consider a novel kind of plot for presenting the behaviour of null geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime. Our diagram depicts various features of the light rays as recorded by different classes of observers. The idea stems from the use of phase portraits for illustrating the null geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime, above and below the horizon of a black hole, but they reveal unphysical characteristics. The plots we propose are free from such anomalies. Moreover they allow us to discover new under-horizon features

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/574/1/012060

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
574
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
3. International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences
Acronym
IC-MSQUARE 2014
Dates
28-31 Aug 2014
Place
Madrid (Spain)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47024897
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGY; DIAGRAMS; GEODESICS; SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC; SPACE-TIME; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INFORMATION; METRICS; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS