4.II.36E

General Relativity | Part II, 2008

A solution of the Einstein equations is given by the metric

ds2=(12Mr)dt2+1(12Mr)dr2+r2( dθ2+sin2θdϕ2)\mathrm{d} s^{2}=-\left(1-\frac{2 M}{r}\right) \mathrm{d} t^{2}+\frac{1}{\left(1-\frac{2 M}{r}\right)} \mathrm{d} r^{2}+r^{2}\left(\mathrm{~d} \theta^{2}+\sin ^{2} \theta \mathrm{d} \phi^{2}\right)

For an incoming light ray, with constant θ,ϕ\theta, \phi, show that

t=vr2Mlogr2M1,t=v-r-2 M \log \left|\frac{r}{2 M}-1\right|,

for some fixed vv and find a similar solution for an outgoing light ray. For the outgoing case, assuming r>2Mr>2 M, show that in the far past r2M1exp(t2M)\frac{r}{2 M}-1 \propto \exp \left(\frac{t}{2 M}\right) and in the far future rtr \sim t.

Obtain the transformed metric after the change of variables (t,r,θ,ϕ)(v,r,θ,ϕ)(t, r, \theta, \phi) \rightarrow(v, r, \theta, \phi). With coordinates t^=vr,r\hat{t}=v-r, r sketch, for fixed θ,ϕ\theta, \phi, the trajectories followed by light rays. What is the significance of the line r=2Mr=2 M ?

Show that, whatever path an observer with initial r=r0<2Mr=r_{0}<2 M takes, he must reach r=0r=0 in a finite proper time.

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