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Notes on Relativity and Cosmology - Physics Department, UCSB

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9.3. BEYOND THE HORIZON 251<br />

Below, I have drawn in the curves of c<strong>on</strong>stant r so that you can visualize them<br />

more easily. Note that larger r is farther from the center of the diagram, <strong>and</strong> in<br />

particular farther out al<strong>on</strong>g the ‘flanges.’ One flange represents the left exterior,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong>e represents the right exterior.<br />

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The most important thing to notice is that we can <strong>on</strong>ce again spot two lines<br />

that 1) are the worldlines of light rays in the 3D flat space <strong>and</strong> 2) lie entirely<br />

within the curved 2D surface. As a result, they again represent worldlines of<br />

light rays in the black hole spacetime. They are marked with yellow lines <strong>on</strong>

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