Optical definition of gravity under static conditions

DOI10.1023/A:1012029216696MaRDI QIDQ5955538zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dieter W. Ebner

Publication date 11 November 2002

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1012029216696

zbMATH Keywords

equivalence principleoptical geometrystatic gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

Review text

An optical definition for gravity is given. This definition works for static gravitational fields, and is based on the frequency-shift of light travelling from one point to another point. Using this frequency-shift, a vector-field is defined, which characterizes the gravitational field.

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