Causal relation between regions I and IV of the Kruskal extension

dc.creatorQin, Yi-Ping
dc.date2000-04-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:24:54Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:24:54Z
dc.descriptionBy extending the exterior Schwarzschild spacetime in two opposite directions with the Kruskal method, we get an extension which has the same T-X spacetime diagram as has the conventional Kruskal extension, while allowing its regions I and IV to correspond to different directions of the original spacetime. We further extend the exterior Schwarzschild spacetime in all directions and get a 4-dimensional form of the Kruskal extension. The new form of extension includes the conventional one as a part of itself. From the point of view of the 4-dimensional form, region IV of the conventional extension does not belong to another universe but is a portion of the same exterior Schwarzschild spacetime that contains region I. The two regions are causally related: particles can move from one to the other.
dc.description5 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0004080
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0004080
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33516
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleCausal relation between regions I and IV of the Kruskal extension
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