The static spacetime relative acceleration for general free fall and its possible experimental test

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/6/012zbMATH Open1061.83507arXivgr-qc/9803060OpenAlexW1975812598MaRDI QIDQ4701451FDOQ4701451

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Publication date: 21 November 1999

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Mishra has recently established, using a generic static metric, the relative local proper-time 3-acceleration of a test-particle in one-dimensional free fall relative to a static reference frame in any static spacetime. In this paper, on the grounds of gravitoelectromagnetism we establish, in a covariant spacetime form, the relative 4-acceleration for the general free fall, indicating its canonical representation with its 3-space cinematical content. Then we obtain the relation between this representation and the very known expression for the relative free fall acceleration in Fermi coordinates. Taking this into account, it is shown that an experiment with relativistic beams in a circular accelerator, modelled by Fermi coordinates, recently proposed by Moliner et al, can test the here established covariant result and, therefore, can also verify Mishra's formula. This possibility of experimental verification, besides its intrinsic importance, can answer a recent inquire by Vigier, related to his recent proposal of derivation of inertial forces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9803060

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05)

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