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I am trying to solve the following problem but have gotten stuck.
Consider a massive particle moving in the radial direction above the Earth, not necessarily on a geodesic, with instantaneous velocity
v = dr/dt
Both θ and φ can be taken as constant. Calculate the components of the four-velocity Uu in terms of v using the normalization condition for Uu. Do not make any approximations yet.
We are using the metric:
ds2=-(1+2Φ)dt2+(1+2Φ)-1dr2+r2dΩ2
I have determined that U0 is going to be (1+2Φ)(-1/2) by using the equation
guvUuUv=-1
However when I try to solve for U1 I get
g11*(U1)2=-1
Which is clearly not correct as this would yield
U1=(-(1+2Φ))(-1/2).
What am I doing wrong?
Apologies for formatting.
Consider a massive particle moving in the radial direction above the Earth, not necessarily on a geodesic, with instantaneous velocity
v = dr/dt
Both θ and φ can be taken as constant. Calculate the components of the four-velocity Uu in terms of v using the normalization condition for Uu. Do not make any approximations yet.
We are using the metric:
ds2=-(1+2Φ)dt2+(1+2Φ)-1dr2+r2dΩ2
I have determined that U0 is going to be (1+2Φ)(-1/2) by using the equation
guvUuUv=-1
However when I try to solve for U1 I get
g11*(U1)2=-1
Which is clearly not correct as this would yield
U1=(-(1+2Φ))(-1/2).
What am I doing wrong?
Apologies for formatting.