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Null hypersurface normal generates null geodesics

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics General relativity Null hypersurface
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If na​=∇a​u is normal to a null level set, then on the hypersurface
nb∇b​na​=21​∇a​(n2)=κna​.
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Thus the normal is tangent to null pregeodesics and can be rescaled to give an affine null tangent.

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