Re: Black hole questions




sal wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:02:10 -0700, N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:

Dear sal:

"sal" <pragmatist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.11.23.03.01.59.538035@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:12:19 -0700, N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:

Dear sal:

"sal" <pragmatist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No it does not. It takes infinite (Schwarzschild) time for anything,
including light, to reach the event horizon.

Nonsense.
http://hermes.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~dkoks/Faq/Relativity/BlackHoles/fall_in.html
... "finite proper time"

Not nonsense, and your reference doesn't contradict me. I said
"infinite (Schwarzschild) time". I didn't say "infinite proper time".

The proper time *is* evaluated in Schwarzchild coordinates.

The proper time can be evaluated in _any_ coordinates: It's the integral
of

sqrt(|ds^2|) = sqrt(|g_00 dt^2 + g_11 dr^2 [ + cross terms ]|)

....and your path intersects a coordinate singularity.

If you are going to use Schwarzschild coordinates, stop being surprised
when you get a nonsense answer if you try to anything at or beyond the
event horizon.

[...]

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