The problem of inertia in Friedmann universes

DOI10.1142/S0218271811019384zbMATH Open1253.83042arXiv1104.1306OpenAlexW2059807570MaRDI QIDQ4649657FDOQ4649657

Authors: Joseph Sultana, Demosthenes Kazanas 

Publication date: 13 November 2012

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

Abstract: In this paper we study the origin of inertia in a curved spacetime, particularly the spatially flat, open and closed Friedmann universes. This is done using Sciama's law of inertial induction, which is based on Mach's principle, and expresses the analogy between the retarded far fields of electrodynamics and those of gravitation. After obtaining covariant expressions for electromagnetic fields due to an accelerating point charge in Friedmann models, we adopt Sciama's law to obtain the inertial force on an accelerating mass $m$ by integrating over the contributions from all the matter in the universe. The resulting inertial force has the form $F=-kma$, where $k<1$ depends on the choice of the cosmological parameters such as $Omeg{a}_M$, $Omeg{a}_{Lambda}$, and $Omeg{a}_R$ and is also red-shift dependent.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.1306

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zbMATH Keywords

inertiaMach's principleFriedmann universes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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