Equation of motion of small bodies in relativity

2003/09/16 by Jürgen Ehlers, Jurgen Ehlers, Robert Geroch · 3 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems #Material Science and Thermodynamics #Spacecraft Dynamics and Control #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.aop.2003.08.020

published as AnnalsPhys.309:232-236,2004 · 7 pages

arxiv created 2003/09/16 · openalex publication_date 2003/10/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

There is proven a theorem, to the effect that a material body in general relativity, in a certain limit of sufficiently small size and mass, moves along a geodesic.

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