Real null coframes in general relativity and GPS type coordinates

M. Blagojević; J. Garecki; F. W. Hehl; Yu. N. Obukhov

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.65.044018

Real null coframes in general relativity and GPS type coordinates

M. Blagojević, J. Garecki, F. W. Hehl, and Yu. N. Obukhov

Phys. Rev. D 65, 044018 – Published 22 January 2002

Abstract

Some time ago, Finkelstein defined a “symmetric” null frame with four real null vectors. We discuss this Finkelstein frame and show that a similarly defined real null coframe is closely related to the GPS type coordinates recently introduced by Rovelli.

Received 17 October 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.044018

Authors & Affiliations

M. Blagojević^*, J. Garecki^†, F. W. Hehl^‡, and Yu. N. Obukhov^§

Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, 50923 Köln, Germany

^*On leave from Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 57, 11001 Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Email address: mb@phy.bg.ac.yu
^†On leave from Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland. Email address: garecki@ wmf.univ.szczecin.pl
^‡Email address: hehl@thp.uni-koeln.de
^§On leave from Department of Theoretical Physics, Moscow State University, 117234 Moscow, Russia. Email address: yo@thp.uni-koeln.de

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