"Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie"

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"Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie" is Karl Schwarzschild’s seminal 1916 paper that presents the first exact solution to Einstein’s field equations, laying the foundation for the concept of the Schwarzschild black hole.


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instanceOf general relativity paper
physics paper
scientific paper
assumes spherical symmetry
static spacetime
vacuum outside the point mass
author Karl Schwarzschild
basedOn general theory of relativity
basedOnTheoryOf Albert Einstein
citedBy modern general relativity textbooks
citedFor Schwarzschild metric derivation
completionStatus completed shortly before Karl Schwarzschild’s death
countryOfPublication Germany
derives exact solution to Einstein field equations
describes gravitational field outside a non-rotating spherical mass
field general relativity
physics
foundationFor Schwarzschild black hole concept
historicalPeriod early development of general relativity
historicalSignificance first exact solution of Einstein field equations
impactOn astrophysics
cosmology
theoretical physics
influenced later black hole theory
introduces Schwarzschild metric
keyResult metric for spacetime outside a spherical mass
prediction of a coordinate singularity at the Schwarzschild radius
language German
mathematicalFramework differential geometry
originalTitle Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie
publicationYear 1916
publishedIn Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
relatedConcept Schwarzschild radius
event horizon
relatedToWorkOf Albert Einstein
topic Einstein field equations
Schwarzschild solution
black hole metric
exact solutions of Einstein equations
gravitational field of a point mass
spherically symmetric spacetime
usesConcept curved spacetime
geodesics
metric tensor

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Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Schwarzschild (""Über das Gravitationsfeld einer Kugel aus inkompressibler Flüssigkeit nach der Einsteinschen Theorie"")
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Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie ("Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie")
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