Static observers in curved spaces and non-inertial frames in Minkowski spacetime

DOI10.1007/S10714-010-1086-1zbMATH Open1208.83017arXiv1004.3937OpenAlexW2169006770MaRDI QIDQ629976FDOQ629976

Authors: Juan-Miguel Gracia 

Publication date: 10 March 2011

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Static observers in curved spacetimes may interpret their proper acceleration as the opposite of a local gravitational field (in the Newtonian sense). Based on this interpretation and motivated by the equivalence principle, we are led to investigate congruences of timelike curves in Minkowski spacetime whose acceleration field coincides with the acceleration field of static observers of curved spaces. The congruences give rise to non-inertial frames that are examined. Specifically we find, based on the locality principle, the embedding of simultaneity hypersurfaces adapted to the non-inertial frame in an explicit form for arbitrary acceleration fields. We also determine, from the Einstein equations, a covariant field equation that regulates the behavior of the proper acceleration of static observers in curved spacetimes. It corresponds to an exact relativistic version of the Newtonian gravitational field equation. In the specific case in which the level surfaces of the norm of the acceleration field of the static observers are maximally symmetric two-dimensional spaces, the energy-momentum tensor of the source is analyzed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.3937

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zbMATH Keywords

simultaneitynon-inertial framesstatic observers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Special relativity (83A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25)

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