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Main Authors: Fawzi, Ali, Stojkovic, Dejan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10123
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author Fawzi, Ali
Stojkovic, Dejan
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Stojkovic, Dejan
contents The Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates construction for the Schwarzschild spacetime could be viewed geometrically as a squeezing of the $t$-line associated with the asymptotic observer into a single point, at the event horizon $r=2M$. Starting from this point, we extend the Kruskal charting to spacetimes with two horizons, in particular the Reissner-Nordström manifold, $\mathcal{M}_{RN}$. We develop a new method for constructing Kruskal-like coordinates and find two algebraically distinct classes charting $\mathcal{M}_{RN}$. We pedagogically illustrate our method by constructing two compact, conformal, and global coordinate systems labeled $\mathcal{GK_{I}}$ and $\mathcal{GK_{II}}$ for each class respectively. In both coordinates, the metric differentiability can be promoted to $C^\infty$. The conformal metric factor can be explicitly written in terms of the original $t$ and $r$ coordinates for both charts.
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spellingShingle On the generalization of the Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates: a global conformal charting of the Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime
Fawzi, Ali
Stojkovic, Dejan
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
The Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates construction for the Schwarzschild spacetime could be viewed geometrically as a squeezing of the $t$-line associated with the asymptotic observer into a single point, at the event horizon $r=2M$. Starting from this point, we extend the Kruskal charting to spacetimes with two horizons, in particular the Reissner-Nordström manifold, $\mathcal{M}_{RN}$. We develop a new method for constructing Kruskal-like coordinates and find two algebraically distinct classes charting $\mathcal{M}_{RN}$. We pedagogically illustrate our method by constructing two compact, conformal, and global coordinate systems labeled $\mathcal{GK_{I}}$ and $\mathcal{GK_{II}}$ for each class respectively. In both coordinates, the metric differentiability can be promoted to $C^\infty$. The conformal metric factor can be explicitly written in terms of the original $t$ and $r$ coordinates for both charts.
title On the generalization of the Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates: a global conformal charting of the Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10123