General structure of the gravitational equations of motion in conformal Weyl gravity

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/191573· OSTI ID:5457445

Kazanas, D; Mannheim, P D ^[1]

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1. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (USA) Connecticut, University, Storrs (USA)

A general method for determining the structure of the gravitational equations of motion is presented in the fourth-order theory of gravity based on local conformal Weyl invariance of the gravitational action. The explicit structure for these equations is given for a time-dependent, spherically symmetric geometry. 8 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5457445
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series; (United States), Vol. 76; ISSN 0067-0049
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GRAVITATION
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
ASTROPHYSICS
BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS
CONFORMAL MAPPING
TIME DEPENDENCE
WEYL UNIFIED THEORY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
MAPPING
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING
TRANSFORMATIONS
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
657003* - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics- Relativity & Gravitation