scholarly journals A Note on the Gravitoelectromagnetic Analogy

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Matteo Luca Ruggiero
Keyword(s):  
Slow Motion ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Einstein’S Equations ◽  
Einstein's Equations ◽  
Gravitational Effects ◽  
Force Equation ◽  
Test Particles ◽  
Motion Approximation ◽  
Stationary Conditions ◽  
Definition Of

We discuss the linear gravitoelectromagnetic approach used to solve Einstein’s equations in the weak-field and slow-motion approximation, which is a powerful tool to explain, by analogy with electromagnetism, several gravitational effects in the solar system, where the approximation holds true. In particular, we discuss the analogy, according to which Einstein’s equations can be written as Maxwell-like equations, and focus on the definition of the gravitoelectromagnetic fields in non-stationary conditions. Furthermore, we examine to what extent, starting from a given solution of Einstein’s equations, gravitoelectromagnetic fields can be used to describe the motion of test particles using a Lorentz-like force equation.

Derivation of Generalized Einstein's Equations of Gravitation Based on a Mechanical Model of Vacuum and a Sink Flow Model of Particles

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Song Wang
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Mechanical Model ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Einstein’S Equations ◽  
Previous Theory ◽  
Metric Tensor ◽  
Einstein's Equations ◽  
Definition Of

J. C. Maxwell, B. Riemann and H. Poincar$\acute{e}$ have proposed the idea that all microscopic particles are sink flows in a fluidic aether. Following this research program, a previous theory of gravitation based on a mechanical model of vacuum and a sink flow model of particles is generalized by methods of special relativistic continuum mechanics. In inertial reference frames, we construct a tensorial potential which satisfies the wave equation. Inspired by the equation of motion of a test particle, a definition of a metric tensor of a Riemannian spacetime is introduced. Applying Fock's theorem, generalized Einstein's equations in inertial systems are derived based on some assumptions. These equations reduce to Einstein's equations in case of weak field in harmonic reference frames. In some special non-inertial reference frames, generalized Einstein's equations are derived based on some assumptions. If the field is weak and the reference frame is quasi-inertial, these generalized Einstein's equations reduce to Einstein's equations. Thus, this theory may also explains all the experiments which support the theory of general relativity. There exists some differences between this theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity.

scholarly journals Derivation of Generalized Einstein's Equations of Gravitation Based on a Mechanical Model of Vacuum and a Sink Flow Model of Particles

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Song Wang
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Mechanical Model ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Einstein’S Equations ◽  
Previous Theory ◽  
Metric Tensor ◽  
Einstein's Equations ◽  
Definition Of

J. C. Maxwell, B. Riemann and H. Poincar$\acute{e}$ have proposed the idea that all microscopic particles are sink flows in a fluidic aether. Following this research program, a previous theory of gravitation based on a mechanical model of vacuum and a sink flow model of particles is generalized by methods of special relativistic continuum mechanics. In inertial reference frames, we construct a tensorial potential which satisfies the wave equation. Inspired by the equation of motion of a test particle, a definition of a metric tensor of a Riemannian spacetime is introduced. Applying Fock's theorem, generalized Einstein's equations in inertial systems are derived based on some assumptions. These equations reduce to Einstein's equations in case of weak field in harmonic reference frames. In some special non-inertial reference frames, generalized Einstein's equations are derived based on some assumptions. If the field is weak and the reference frame is quasi-inertial, these generalized Einstein's equations reduce to Einstein's equations. Thus, this theory may also explains all the experiments which support the theory of general relativity. There exists some differences between this theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity.

scholarly journals Derivation of Generalized Einstein's Equations of Gravitation in Inertial Systems Based on a Sink Flow Model of Particles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Song Wang
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frames ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Einstein’S Equations ◽  
Previous Theory ◽  
Metric Tensor ◽  
Einstein's Equations ◽  
Riemannian Spacetime ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Inertial Systems

J. C. Maxwell, B. Riemann and H. Poincar$\acute{e}$ have proposed the idea that all microscopic particles are sink flows in a fluidic aether. Following this research program, a previous theory of gravitation based on a mechanical model of vacuum and a sink flow model of particles is generalized by methods of special relativistic continuum mechanics. In inertial reference frames, we construct a tensorial potential which satisfies the wave equation. Inspired by the equation of motion of a test particle, a definition of a metric tensor of a Riemannian spacetime is introduced. Applying Fock's theorem, generalized Einstein's equations in inertial systems are derived based on some assumptions. These equations reduce to Einstein's equations in case of weak field in harmonic reference frames. There exist some differences between this theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity.

scholarly journals The Gravitomagnetism in the Solar System

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1760052
Author(s):  
Flavia Rocha ◽  
Manuel Malheiro ◽  
Rubens Marinho
Keyword(s):  
Mass Density ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Einstein Equations ◽  
Dipole Potential ◽  
Einstein Field Equations ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Perihelion Advance ◽  
Motion Approximation

In 1918, Joseph Lense and Hans Thirring discovered the gravitomagnetic (GM) effect of Einstein field equations in weak field and slow motion approximation. They showed that Einstein equations in this approximation can be written as in the same form as Maxwell’s equation for electromagnetism. In these equations the charge and electric current are replaced by the mass density and the mass current. Thus, the gravitomagnetism formalism in astrophysical system is used with the mass assuming the role of the charge. In this work, we present the deduction of gravitoelectromagnetic equations and the analogue of the Lorentz force in the gravitomagnetism. We also discuss the problem of Mercury’s perihelion advance orbit, we propose solutions using GM formalism using a dipole-dipole potential for the Sun-Planet interaction.

scholarly journals A GRAVITOMAGNETIC EFFECT ON THE ORBIT OF A TEST BODY DUE TO THE EARTH'S VARIABLE ANGULAR MOMENTUM

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (05) ◽  
pp. 781-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
LORENZO IORIO
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Test Particle ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Time Derivative ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Test Body ◽  
Angular Velocity Vector ◽  
Motion Approximation ◽  
General Relativistic

The well known general relativistic Lense–Thirring drag of the orbit of a test particle in the stationary field of a central slowly rotating body is generated, in the weak-field and slow-motion approximation of General Relativity, by a gravitomagnetic Lorentz-like acceleration in the equations of motion of the test particle. In it the gravitomagnetic field is due to the central body's angular momentum supposed to be constant. In the context of the gravitational analogue of the Larmor theorem, such acceleration looks like a Coriolis inertial term in an accelerated frame. In this paper the effect of the variation in time of the central body's angular momentum on the orbit of a test mass is considered. It can be shown that it is analogue to the inertial acceleration due to the time derivative of the angular velocity vector of an accelerated frame. The possibility of detecting such effect in the gravitational field of the Earth with LAGEOS-like satellites is investigated. It turns out that the orbital effects are far too small to be measured.

scholarly journals Analytic approximations in GR and gravitational waves

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (06) ◽  
pp. 1930011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc Blanchet
Keyword(s):  
Binary Systems ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Analytic Approximation ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Motion Approximation ◽  
Self Force

Analytic approximation methods in general relativity play a very important role when analyzing the gravitational wave signals recently discovered by the LIGO and Virgo detectors. In this contribution, we present the state of the art and some recent developments in the famous post-Newtonian (PN) or slow-motion approximation, which has successfully computed the equations of motion and the early inspiral phase of compact binary systems. We discuss also some interesting interfaces between the PN and the gravitational self-force (GSF) approach based on black-hole perturbation theory, and between PN and the post-Minkowskian (PM) approximation, namely a nonlinearity expansion valid for weak field and possibly fast-moving sources.

scholarly journals GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS OF VARYING ALPHA STRINGS

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (16) ◽  
pp. 3295-3306 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. MENEZES ◽  
C. SANTOS ◽  
P. P. AVELINO
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Structure Constant ◽  
Analytical Form ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Fine Structure Constant ◽  
Type Model ◽  
Gravitational Effects ◽  
The Core ◽  
Test Particles

We study spatial variations of the fine-structure constant in the presence of static straight cosmic strings in the weak-field approximation in Einstein gravity. We work in the context of a generic Bekenstein-type model and consider a gauge kinetic function linear in the scalar field. We determine an analytical form for the scalar field and the string metric at large distances from the core. We show that the gravitational effects of α-varying strings can be seen as a combination of the gravitational effects of global and local strings. We also verify that at large distances to the core the space–time metric is similar to that of a global string. We study the motion of test particles approaching from infinity and show that photons are scattered to infinity while massive particles are trapped in bounded trajectories. We also calculate an overall limit on the magnitude of the variation of α for a GUT string, by considering suitable cosmological constraints coming from the Equivalence Principle.

GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF STATIC THIN PLANAR WALLS IN WEAK-FIELD APPROXIMATION

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (08) ◽  
pp. 1385-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. CAMPANELLI ◽  
P. CEA ◽  
G. L. FOGLI ◽  
L. TEDESCO
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Einstein’S Equations ◽  
Einstein's Equations ◽  
Weak Field Approximation ◽  
Planar Wall

We investigate gravitational properties of thin planar wall solutions of the Einstein's equations in the weak field approximation. We find the general metric solutions and discuss the behavior of a particle placed initially at rest to one side of the plane. Moreover we study the case of non-reflection-symmetric solutions.

scholarly journals PHENOMENOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE KEHAGIAS–SFETSOS SOLUTION IN THE HOŘAVA–LIFSHITZ GRAVITY FROM SOLAR SYSTEM ORBITAL MOTIONS

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (29) ◽  
pp. 5399-5408 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. IORIO ◽  
M. L. RUGGIERO
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Solar System ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Analytical Form ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Schwarzschild Black Hole ◽  
Anomalous Acceleration ◽  
Motion Approximation ◽  
General Relativistic

We focus on Hořava–Lifshitz (HL) theory of gravity, and, in particular, on the Kehagias and Sfetsos's solution that is the analog of Schwarzschild black hole of General Relativity. In the weak-field and slow-motion approximation, we analytically work out the secular precession of the longitude of the pericentre ϖ of a test particle induced by this solution. Its analytical form is different from that of the general relativistic Einstein's pericentre precession. Then, we compare it to the latest determinations of the corrections [Formula: see text] to the standard Newtonian/Einsteinian planetary perihelion precessions recently estimated by E. V. Pitjeva with the EPM2008 ephemerides. It turns out that the planets of the solar system, taken singularly one at a time, allow one to put lower bounds on the adimensional HL parameter ψ0 of the order of 10-12(Mercury)-10-24 (Pluto). They are not able to account for the Pioneer anomalous acceleration for r > 20 AU.

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