Perceiving light rays above and below the horizon of a black hole in Schwarzschild spacetime. (21st January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Siwek, A; Kuśmierz, B; Gusin, P; Masajada, J; Radosz, A
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 574(2015)
• Page Start: 012060
• Publication Date: 2015-01-21
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/574/1/012060
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: We consider a novel kind of plot for presenting the behaviour of null geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime. Our diagram depicts various features of the light rays as recorded by different classes of observers. The idea stems from the use of phase portraits for illustrating the null geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime, above and below the horizon of a black hole, but they reveal unphysical characteristics. The plots we propose are free from such anomalies. Moreover they allow us to discover new under-horizon features.