Brien C Nolan 1999 Class. Quantum Grav. 16 1227 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/16/4/012
Brien C Nolan
Show affiliationsThe global structure of McVittie's solution representing a point mass embedded in a spatially flat Robertson-Walker universe is investigated. The scalar curvature singularity at proper radius R=2m, where m (constant) is the Schwarzschild mass, and the apparent horizon which surrounds it are studied. The conformal diagram for the spacetime is obtained via a qualitative analysis of the radial null geodesics. Particular attention is paid to the physical interpretation of this spacetime; previous work on this issue is reviewed, and to how recent quasi-local definitions of black and white holes relate to this spacetime.
04.20.Dw Singularities and cosmic censorship
Issue 4 (April 1999)
Received 7 October 1998
Brien C Nolan 1999 Class. Quantum Grav. 16 1227
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