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

DOI10.1007/S10773-013-1596-1MaRDI QIDQ382865zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Franz-Günter Winkler

Publication date 22 November 2013

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

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

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)

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.

Recommendations

• Geodesics in the generalized Schwarzschild solution
• The Jacobi metric for timelike geodesics in static spacetimes
• The force of gravity in Schwarzschild and Gullstrand-Painlevé coordinates
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1170995
• The local and global geometrical aspects of the twin paradox in static spacetimes. II: Reissner-Nordström and ultrastatic metrics

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3140324 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3285118 (Why is no real title available?)
• A bi-metric theory of gravitation
• A modified Lorentz-transformation-based gravity model confirming basic GRT experiments
• Maximal Extension of Schwarzschild Metric
• New Approach to General Relativity

Cited in

(2)

• The force of gravity in Schwarzschild and Gullstrand-Painlevé coordinates
• The Jacobi metric for timelike geodesics in static spacetimes

This page was built for publication: Diagonal metrics of static, spherically symmetric fields: The geodesic equations and the mass-energy relation from the coordinate perspective

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q382865)