General Relativity: An Introduction for Physicists · Problem 9.12

The Schwarzschild geometry — Hobson, Efstathiou & Lasenby

Physics · radial-infall-from-rest

Problem

A particle is dropped from rest at a coordinate radius r=Rr = R in the Schwarzschild geometry. Obtain an expression for the 4-velocity of the particle in (t,r,θ,ϕ)(t, r, \theta, \phi) coordinates when it passes coordinate radius rr.

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