2006/08/02 by Bahram Mashhoon · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/andp.200610221
published as Annalen Phys. 16 (2007) 57-66 · 15 pages, no figures, accepted for publication in Ann. Phys. (Leipzig)
arxiv created 2006/08/02 · openalex publication_date 2006/09/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The nonlocal theory of accelerated systems is extended to linear gravitational waves as measured by accelerated observers in Minkowski spacetime. The implications of this approach are discussed. In particular, the nonlocal modifications of helicity-rotation coupling are pointed out and a nonlocal wave equation is presented for a special class of uniformly rotating observers. The results of this study, via Einstein's heuristic principle of equivalence, provide the incentive for a nonlocal classical theory of the gravitational field.