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Regular coordinate systems for Schwarzschild and other spherical spacetimes

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arxiv gr-qc/0001069 v4 pith:JX6QLRWL submitted 2000-01-22 gr-qc

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The continuation of the Schwarzschild metric across the event horizon is almost always (in textbooks) carried out using the Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates, in terms of which the areal radius r is defined only implicitly. We argue that from a pedagogical point of view, using these coordinates comes with several drawbacks, and we advocate the use of simpler, but equally effective, coordinate systems. One such system, introduced by Painleve and Gullstrand in the 1920's, is especially simple and pedagogically powerful; it is, however, still poorly known today. One of our purposes here is therefore to popularize these coordinates. Our other purpose is to provide generalizations to the Painleve-Gullstrand coordinates, first within the specific context of Schwarzschild spacetime, and then in the context of more general spherical spacetimes.

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