The Newtonian limit of Hermitian gravity

DOI10.1007/S10714-012-1465-XzbMATH Open1260.83074arXiv0912.1517OpenAlexW3098235653MaRDI QIDQ1935239FDOQ1935239

Jeroen G. Burgers, T. Prokopec, Christiaan L. M. Mantz

Publication date: 14 February 2013

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

Abstract: We construct the gauge invariant potentials of Hermitian Gravity and derive the linearized equations of motion they obey. A comparison reveals a striking similarity to the Bardeen potentials of general relativity. We then consider the response to a point particle source, and discuss in what sense the solutions of Hermitian Gravity reduce to the Newtonian potentials. In a rather intriguing way, the Hermitian Gravity solutions exhibit a generalized reciprocity symmetry originally proposed by Born in the 1930s. Finally, we consider the trajectories of massive and massless particles under the influence of a potential. The theory correctly reproduces the Newtonian limit in three dimensions and the nonrelativistic acceleration equation. However, it differs from the light deflection calculated in linearized generalrelativity by 25%. While the specific complexification of general relativity by extension to Hermitian spaces performed here does not agree with experiment, it does possess useful properties for quantization and is well-behaved around singularities. Another form of complex general relativity may very well agree with experimental data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.1517

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitygeneral relativityalternative theories of gravityHermitean gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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