A simple application of the Newman-Penrose spin coefficient formalism. I |
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| Authors: | Talmadge M. Davis |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, 29631 Clemson, South Carolina;(2) Present address: Department of Math and Physics, Cumberland College, 40769 Williamsburg, Kentucky |
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| Abstract: | As a simple application of the Newman-Penrose spin coefficient formalism, useful for beginners, we find the vacuum spherical symmetry (Schwarzschild) solution. The calculations also show that all spherically symmetric metrics are Petrov typeD. |
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