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Solutions for uniform acceleration in general relativity

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We explore two methods for obtaining solutions for uniformly accelerated motion in general curved spacetime. We provide an example in Schwarzschild spacetime.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Jerusalem College of Technology, P.O.B. 16031, 91160, Jerusalem, Israel

    Tzvi Scarr & Yaakov Friedman

  2. Department of Physics, Jerusalem College of Technology, P.O.B. 16031, 91160, Jerusalem, Israel

    Yaakov Friedman

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Scarr, T., Friedman, Y. Solutions for uniform acceleration in general relativity. Gen Relativ Gravit 48, 65 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-016-2062-1

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