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Gravity, Geometry, and Equivalence

1996/01/03 by Kenneth Dalton, Dalton, Kenneth
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9601004

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Abstract

We show that the energy-momentum four-vector of a planet, p = mu, is conserved during geodesic motion. Therefore, there is no exchange of energy-momentum with the gravitational field. We discuss the meaning of a gravitational field which is free of energy, momentum, and stress.

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