Diagonal metrics of static, spherically symmetric fields: The geodesic equations and the mass-energy relation from the coordinate perspective

DOI10.1007/S10773-013-1596-1zbMATH Open1276.83012arXiv1503.01970OpenAlexW1970474040MaRDI QIDQ382865FDOQ382865

Authors: Franz-Günter Winkler 

Publication date: 22 November 2013

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The geodesic equations for the general case of diagonal metrics of static, spherically symmetric fields are calculated. The elimination of the proper time variable gives the motion equations for test particles with respect to coordinate time and an account of gravitational acceleration from the coordinate perspective. The results are applied to the Schwarzschild metric and to the so-called exponential metric. In an attempt to add an account of gravitational force from the coordinate perspective, the special relativistic mass-energy relation is generalized to diagonal metrics involving location dependent and possibly anisotropic light speeds. This move requires a distinction between two aspects of the mass of a test particle (parallel and perpendicular to the field). The obtained force expressions do not reveal gravitational repulsion for the Schwarzschild metric and for the exponential metric.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.01970

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zbMATH Keywords

pseudo-Riemannian geometrySchwarzschild metricexponential metricgravitational repulsionscalar gravitation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15)

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