Modified Schwarzschild Metric: Length Contraction Consequences

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The discussion revolves around the implications of a modified Schwarzschild metric where length contraction is removed. Participants explore theoretical consequences, geodesics, and the physical viability of such a metric in the context of general relativity.

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  • Exploratory
  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested
  • Mathematical reasoning

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants inquire about the consequences of the modified Schwarzschild metric and suggest working out the geodesics.
  • There is a question about whether a black hole can arise from this modified metric.
  • Some participants argue that the proposed metric cannot be a solution to the Einstein field equations and is not physically viable.
  • One participant presents the mixed-index Einstein tensor and questions its physical meaning, noting that it can be produced by a stress-energy distribution but its physical representation is uncertain.
  • Another participant discusses the Ricci scalar, indicating true singularities at specific points and suggesting that the metric does not represent a valid spacetime in certain regions.
  • Some participants relate the modified metric to non-relativistic limits and suggest it may not be an exact solution to the Einstein equations but rather an approximation under certain conditions.
  • There is a discussion about the implications of spatial curvature and its coupling to particle velocities in the Newtonian limit.
  • One participant notes that the modified metric implies pressure without energy density, raising questions about its adherence to the dominant energy condition.
  • Another participant comments on the nature of the pressures in relation to the event horizon and their behavior at large distances.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the physical viability of the modified metric, with some asserting it cannot represent a valid solution while others explore its implications and potential as an approximation. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the metric's validity and consequences.

Contextual Notes

There are limitations regarding the assumptions made about the metric, its dependence on specific definitions, and unresolved mathematical steps concerning the implications of the proposed modifications.

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Hello.
I am looking for help in establishing all the consequences of a modified Scwazschild metric where the length contraction is removed.
ds^2=(1-rs/r)c^2dt^2-dr^2-r^2(... )
Thanks
 
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laudprim said:
Hello.
I am looking for help in establishing all the consequences of a modified Scwazschild metric where the length contraction is removed.
ds^2=(1-rs/r)c^2dt^2-dr^2-r^2(... )
Thanks

Why don't you try to work out the geodesics?
 
But can a black hole arise in a new form from this metric ?
 
laudprim said:
But can a black hole arise in a new form from this metric ?

A spherical mass causes the Schwarzschild geometry, which is the only static, spherically symmetric solution to the Einstein field equations. Your metric, therefore, cannot be a solution and is not physically viable.
 
... not physically viable ...
 
Here's the mixed-index Einstein tensor in ##c=G=1## units:
$$\pmatrix{0&0&0&0\cr 0&{{2m}\over{r^3-2mr^2}}&0&0\cr 0&0&{{-m(r-m)}\over{r^2 (r-2m)^2}}&0\cr 0&0&0&{{-m (r-m)}\over{r^2 (r-2m)^2}}\cr }$$
I'm not sure that's physically meaningful.
PeroK said:
A spherical mass causes the Schwarzschild geometry, which is the only static, spherically symmetric solution to the Einstein field equations.
It's the only such vacuum solution. The metric above can be produced by some stress-energy distribution (divide each element of the Einstein tensor by ##8\pi##), but whether or not that stress-energy tensor represents anything physically possible is another matter...
 
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And the Ricci scalar is $${{2m^2}\over{r^4-4mr^3+4m^2r^2}}$$Which implies true singularities at r=0 and r=2m, so two disconnected patches of spacetime. An odd place indeed.

Edit: in fact, it's not a spacetime when 0<r<2m since the signature is ----.
 
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laudprim said:
Hello.
I am looking for help in establishing all the consequences of a modified Scwazschild metric where the length contraction is removed.
ds^2=(1-rs/r)c^2dt^2-dr^2-r^2(... )
Thanks
Isn't this effectively the Schwarzschild geometry which particles experience in the non-relativistic limit? For low speeds, in the geodesic equation the spatial speed of the particle couples to the spatial curvature, and this coupling is in the non-relativistic limit neglected.

With that, it is clear that this will not be an exact solution to the Einstein equations, but merely an approximate solution under certain conditions.
 
haushofer said:
Isn't this effectively the Schwarzschild geometry which particles experience in the non-relativistic limit?
Ah! So that's what the singularity at r=2m means - non-relativistic approximations cannot apply here. Edit: and, of course, this metric is Riemannian, not pseudo-Riemannian inside this radius, which means that this approximation doesn't work there either.
haushofer said:
For low speeds, in the geodesic equation the spatial speed of the particle couples to the spatial curvature
I think I need to write out the geodesic equations to make sure I followed this.
 
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As informative as it is, is there any particular reason this thread is marked Basic? It feels to me like this should be I at a minimum
 
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Sorcerer said:
As informative as it is, is there any particular reason this thread is marked Basic? It feels to me like this should be I at a minimum
Fixed
 
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Ibix said:
I think I need to write out the geodesic equations to make sure I followed this.
Well, to be clear, I was talking about the Newtonian limit here. So the metric is time-independent and can be written as diagonal in a suitable coordinate system. Then

\Gamma^{i}_{0k} = 0

(one can always put this term to zero by using a time dependent rotation, as follows from its transformation law), and

\Gamma^{i}_{jk} = \frac{1}{2}g^{im} [\partial_{j}g_{mk} + \partial_{k}g_{mj} - \partial_{m} g_{jk}]

We have made a foliation such that we can regard g_{ij} as the metric on spatial hypersurfaces.

This last connection coefficient couples to the spatial velocities. If the spatial curvature perturbations are regarded as "order epsilon" and the spatial velocities also, then this whole term disappears (when you expand around Minkowski; for (a)dS it's a different story of course). Effectively the particle thus only experiences \Gamma^{i}_{00} (it's the only surviving term in the geodesic equation).

This is a subtlety: it doesn't mean that the spatial curvature is zero in the Newtonian limit; it only says that its coupling to the particle's velocity is a higher order epsilon term in your expansion and hence is neglected. Of course, in full fledged Newtonian gravity the spatial curvature is zero. That corresponds to your metric.
 
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Ibix said:
Here's the mixed-index Einstein tensor in ##c=G=1## units:
$$\pmatrix{0&0&0&0\cr 0&{{2m}\over{r^3-2mr^2}}&0&0\cr 0&0&{{-m(r-m)}\over{r^2 (r-2m)^2}}&0\cr 0&0&0&{{-m (r-m)}\over{r^2 (r-2m)^2}}\cr }$$
I'm not sure that's physically meaningful.
It's the only such vacuum solution. The metric above can be produced by some stress-energy distribution (divide each element of the Einstein tensor by ##8\pi##), but whether or not that stress-energy tensor represents anything physically possible is another matter...
This is interesting. It says that there is pressure but no energy density throughout the spacetime. It trivially violates the dominant energy condition, so it is a universe of all exotic ‘matter’, scare quotes because ther is no mass/energy density given this Einstein tensor, so exotic matter sounds funny. Exotic essence?
 
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PAllen said:
This is interesting. It says that there is pressure but no energy density throughout the spacetime. It trivially violates the dominant energy condition, so it is a universe of all exotic ‘matter’, scare quotes because ther is no mass/energy density given this Einstein tensor, so exotic matter sounds funny. Exotic essence?

Yes, except perhaps for sign the components of ##G^{\mu}{}_{\nu}## in a coordinate basis are the same as the components of ##G_{\hat{\mu}\hat{\nu}}## in an orthonormal basis.

The magnitude of the presssures approach infinity close to the event horizo at r=2m, far away though, for large r, the pressures can be small, on the order of ##m/r^2##.
 

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