The notes on thin shells

Abstract

Geometry of the spacetime with a spherical shell embedded in it is studied in two coordinate systems - in Kodama-Schwarzschild coordinates and in Gaussian normal coordinates. We consider transformations between the coordinate systems as in the 4D spacetime so as at the surface $\S$ swept in the spacetime by the spherical shell. Extrinsic curvatures of the surface swept by the shell are calculated in both coordinate systems. Applications to the Israel junction conditions are discussed.

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• Kodama time: Geometrically preferred foliations of spherically symmetric spacetimes
• Radiation from collapsing shells, semiclassical backreaction and black hole formation