Published November 15, 1974 | Version v1
Journal article

Behavior of spacelike geodesics in the extended Schwarzschild manifold

  • 1. Scarborough College and Department of Physics, University of Toronto, West Hill, Ontario, Canada

Description

We demonstrate that there exist unstable, spacelike, circular orbits in the Schwarzschild field for all radii in the range 0<r<3m. The conditions under which spacelike trajectories bend toward or away from the source of the field are derived for the entire r-φ plane. We show that any nonradial spacelike geodesic with turning point less than 2m will appear spacelike over the entire u-v plane. The scattering and capture cross sections for a particle on a spacelike trajectory are evaluated. Finally, we suggest that there are compelling reasons for rejecting the usual assumption of a global past-future relation in the extended Schwarzschild manifold.

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Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
3155-3161
ISSN
0556-2821

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
6188396
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CAPTURE; CROSS SECTIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEODESY; ORBITS; SCATTERING; SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC; SCHWARZSCHILD RADIUS; TRAJECTORIES
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; METRICS

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