THE CONSISTENT NEWTONIAN LIMIT OF EINSTEIN'S GRAVITY WITH A COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT

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Abstract: We derive the `exact' Newtonian limit of general relativity with a positive cosmological constant Lambda. We point out that in contrast to the case with Lambda=0, the presence of a positive Lambda in Einsteins's equations enforces, via the condition |Phi|ll1, on the potential Phi, a range calRmax(Lambda)ggrggcalRmin(Lambda), within which the Newtonian limit is valid. It also leads to the existence of a maximum mass, calMmax(Lambda). As a consequence we cannot put the boundary condition for the solution of the Poisson equation at infinity. A boundary condition suitably chosen now at a finite range will then get reflected in the solution of Phi provided the mass distribution is not spherically symmetric.









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