Spherically symmetric

Spherically symmetric spacetimes are a class of spacetime with a group of isometry parametrized by $\textrm{SO}(3)$, with orbits $S^2$.

1. History

2. Topology

3. Metrics and coordinates

The most general metric form for spherically symmetric spacetime is given by

$$ds^2 = -e^{2\nu(r,t)} dt^2 + e^{2\lambda(r,t)} dr^2 + Y^2(r,t) \left[ d\theta^2 + \sin^2 \theta d\varphi^2 \right]$$

4. Tensor quantities

5. Symmetries

By definition, spherically symmetric spacetimes admit at least the symmetry group $\operatorname{SO}(n)$

6. Stress-energy tensor

7. Curves

8. Equations

9. Causal structure

10. Asymptotic structure

11. Energy conditions

12. Limits and related spacetimes

13. Misc.

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