Global dynamical time for binary point-like particle systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (09) ◽  
pp. 2050131
Author(s):  
Osvaldo M. Moreschi

A geometrical construction for a global dynamical time for binary point-like particle systems, modeled by relativistic equations of motions, is presented. Thus, we provide a convenient tool for the calculation of the dynamics of recent models for the dynamics of black holes that use individual proper times. The construction is naturally based on the local Lorentzian geometry of the spacetime considered. Although in this presentation we are dealing with the Minkowskian spacetime, the construction is useful for gravitational models that have as a seed Minkowski spacetime. We present the discussion for a binary system, but the construction is obviously generalizable to multiple particle systems. The calculations are organized in terms of the order of the corresponding relativistic forces. In particular, we improve on the Darwin and Landau–Lifshitz approaches, for the case of electromagnetic systems. We discuss the possibility of a Lagrangian treatment of the retarded effects, depending on the nature of the relativistic forces. The higher-order contractions are based on a Runge–Kutta type procedure, which is used to calculate the quantities at the required retarded time, by increasing evaluations of the forces at intermediate times. We emphasize the difference between approximation orders in field equations and approximation orders in retarded effects in the equations of motion. We show this difference by applying our construction to the binary electromagnetic case.

2021 ◽  
Vol 183 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Ayala ◽  
Gioia Carinci ◽  
Frank Redig

AbstractWe study the symmetric inclusion process (SIP) in the condensation regime. We obtain an explicit scaling for the variance of the density field in this regime, when initially started from a homogeneous product measure. This provides relevant new information on the coarsening dynamics of condensing interacting particle systems on the infinite lattice. We obtain our result by proving convergence to sticky Brownian motion for the difference of positions of two SIP particles in the sense of Mosco convergence of Dirichlet forms. Our approach implies the convergence of the probabilities of two SIP particles to be together at time t. This, combined with self-duality, allows us to obtain the explicit scaling for the variance of the fluctuation field.


Author(s):  
D. W. Sciama

ABSTRACTIt is suggested, on heuristic grounds, that the energy-momentum tensor of a material field with non-zero spin and non-zero rest-mass should be non-symmetric. The usual relationship between energy-momentum tensor and gravitational potential then implies that the latter should also be a non-symmetric tensor. This suggestion has nothing to do with unified field theory; it is concerned with the pure gravitational field.A theory of gravitation based on a non-symmetric potential is developed. Field equations are derived, and a study is made of Rosenfeld identities, Bianchi identities, angular momentum and the equations of motion of test particles. These latter equations represent the geodesics of a Riemannian space whose contravariant metric tensor is gij–, in agreement with a result of Lichnerowicz(9) on the bicharacteristics of the Einstein–Schrödinger field equations.


From the general principles of quantum mechanics it is deduced that the wave equation of a particle can always be written as a linear differential equation of the first order with matrix coefficients. The principle of relativity and the elementary nature of the particle then impose certain restrictions on these coefficient matrices. A general theory for an elementary particle is set up under certain assumptions regarding these matrices. Besides, two physical assumptions concerning the particle are made, namely, (i) that it satisfies the usual second-order wave equation with a fixed value of the rest mass, and (ii) either the total charge or the total energy for the particle-field is positive definite. It is shown that in consequence of (ii) the theory can be quantized in the interaction free case. On introducing electromagnetic interaction it is found that the particle exhibits a pure magnetic moment in the non-relativistic approximation. The well-known equations for the electron and the meson are included as special cases in the present scheme. As a further illustration of the theory the coefficient matrices corresponding to a new elementary particle are constructed. This particle is shown to have states of spin both 3/2 and 1/2. In a certain sense it exhibits an inner structure in addition to the spin. In the non-relativistic approximation the behaviour of this particle in an electromagnetic field is the same as that of the Dirac electron. Finally, the transition from the particle to the wave form of the equations of motion is effected and the field equations are given in terms of tensors and spinors.


Author(s):  
P. E. Nikravesh ◽  
G. Gim

Abstract This paper presents a systematic method for deriving the minimum number of equations of motion for multibody system containing closed kinematic loops. A set of joint or natural coordinates is used to describe the configuration of the system. The constraint equations associated with the closed kinematic loops are found systematically in terms of the joint coordinates. These constraints and their corresponding elements are constructed from known block matrices representing different kinematic joints. The Jacobian matrix associated with these constraints is further used to find a velocity transformation matrix. The equations of motions are initially written in terms of the dependent joint coordinates using the Lagrange multiplier technique. Then the velocity transformation matrix is used to derive a minimum number of equations of motion in terms of a set of independent joint coordinates. An illustrative example and numerical results are presented, and the advantages and disadvantages of the method are discussed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (06) ◽  
pp. 1027-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDUARDO A. NOTTE-CUELLO ◽  
WALDYR A. RODRIGUES

Using the Clifford bundle formalism, a Lagrangian theory of the Yang–Mills type (with a gauge fixing term and an auto interacting term) for the gravitational field in Minkowski space–time is presented. It is shown how two simple hypotheses permit the interpretation of the formalism in terms of effective Lorentzian or teleparallel geometries. In the case of a Lorentzian geometry interpretation of the theory, the field equations are shown to be equivalent to Einstein's equations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Haghani ◽  
Tiberiu Harko

AbstractWe generalize and unify the $$f\left( R,T\right) $$ f R , T and $$f\left( R,L_m\right) $$ f R , L m type gravity models by assuming that the gravitational Lagrangian is given by an arbitrary function of the Ricci scalar R, of the trace of the energy–momentum tensor T, and of the matter Lagrangian $$L_m$$ L m , so that $$ L_{grav}=f\left( R,L_m,T\right) $$ L grav = f R , L m , T . We obtain the gravitational field equations in the metric formalism, the equations of motion for test particles, and the energy and momentum balance equations, which follow from the covariant divergence of the energy–momentum tensor. Generally, the motion is non-geodesic, and takes place in the presence of an extra force orthogonal to the four-velocity. The Newtonian limit of the equations of motion is also investigated, and the expression of the extra acceleration is obtained for small velocities and weak gravitational fields. The generalized Poisson equation is also obtained in the Newtonian limit, and the Dolgov–Kawasaki instability is also investigated. The cosmological implications of the theory are investigated for a homogeneous, isotropic and flat Universe for two particular choices of the Lagrangian density $$f\left( R,L_m,T\right) $$ f R , L m , T of the gravitational field, with a multiplicative and additive algebraic structure in the matter couplings, respectively, and for two choices of the matter Lagrangian, by using both analytical and numerical methods.


Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2072
Author(s):  
Wilson Alexander Rojas Castillo ◽  
Jose Robel Arenas Salazar

A Black Hole (BH) is a spacetime region with a horizon and where geodesics converge to a singularity. At such a point, the gravitational field equations fail. As an alternative to the problem of the singularity arises the existence of Exotic Compact Objects (ECOs) that prevent the problem of the singularity through a transition phase of matter once it has crossed the horizon. ECOs are characterized by a closeness parameter or cutoff, ϵ, which measures the degree of compactness of the object. This parameter is established as the difference between the radius of the ECO’s surface and the gravitational radius. Thus, different values of ϵ correspond to different types of ECOs. If ϵ is very big, the ECO behaves more like a star than a black hole. On the contrary, if ϵ tends to a very small value, the ECO behaves like a black hole. It is considered a conceptual model of the origin of the cutoff for ECOs, when a dust shell contracts gravitationally from an initial position to near the Schwarzschild radius. This allowed us to find that the cutoff makes two types of contributions: a classical one governed by General Relativity and one of a quantum nature, if the ECO is very close to the horizon, when estimating that the maximum entropy is contained within the material that composes the shell. Such entropy coincides with the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy. The established cutoff corresponds to a dynamic quantity dependent on coordinate time that is measured by a Fiducial Observer (FIDO). Without knowing the details about quantum gravity, parameter ϵ is calculated, which, in general, allows distinguishing the ECOs from BHs. Specifically, a black shell (ECO) is undistinguishable from a BH.


1971 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-622
Author(s):  
H. von Grünberg

Abstract In the framework of Lorentz invariant theories of gravitation the fieldtheoretic approach of the generally covariant Jordan-Brans-Dicke-theory is investigated.It is shown that a slight restriction of the gauge group of Einstein's linear tensor theory leads to the linearized Jordan-Brans-Dicke-theory. The problem of the inconsistency of the field equations and the equations of motion is solved by introducing the Landau-Lifschitz energy momentum tensor of the gravitational field as an additional source term into the field equations. The second order of the theory together with the corresponding gauge group are calculated explicitly. By means of the structure of the gauge group of the tensor field it is possible to identify the successive orders of the scalar-tensor theory as an expansion of the Jordan-Brans-Dicke-theory in flat space-time. The question of the uniqueness of the procedure is answered by showing that the structure of the gauge group of the tensor field is predetermined by the linear equations of motion. The mathematical proof of this fact confirms formally the meaning of the equations of motion for the geometry of space.


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