COMMENTS ON "ON THE SPEED OF GRAVITY AND THE JUPITER/QUASAR MEASUREMENT" BY S. SAMUEL

DOI10.1142/S021827180600853XzbMATH Open1099.83513arXivgr-qc/0501001OpenAlexW3103311395MaRDI QIDQ5481870FDOQ5481870

Sergei M. Kopeikin

Publication date: 24 August 2006

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

Abstract: Recent review article by S. Samuel "On the speed of gravity and the Jupiter/Quasar measurement" published in the International Journal of Modern Physics D13, 1753 (2004) provides the reader with a misleading "theory" of the relativistic time delay in general theory of relativity. Furthermore, it misquotes original publications by Kopeikin and Fomalont & Kopeikin related to the measurement of the speed of gravity by VLBI. We summarize the general relativistic principles of the Lorentz-invariant theory of propagation of light in time-dependent gravitational field, derive Lorentz-invariant expression for the relativistic time delay, and finally explain why Samuel's "theory" is conceptually incorrect and confuses the speed of gravity with the speed of light.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0501001

zbMATH Keywords

speed of lightgeneral relativityspeed of gravityrelativistic time delay

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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• Light propagation in the gravitational field of moving bodies by means of Lorentz transformation I. Mass monopoles moving with constant velocities
• Model-dependence of Shapiro time delay and the  speed of gravity/speed of light  controversy
• The speed of gravity in general relativity and theoretical interpretation of the Jovian deflection experiment
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