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Phenomenological approach to the theory of the gravitational vacuum

Journal Article · · Astrophysics (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01005426· OSTI ID:5816950
The theoretical consequences of ascribing an energy-momentum tensor to the vacuum and assuming that the vacuum participates in forming the space-time metric are examined. The vacuum problem is investigated in the case of a centrally symmetric static field. Some important properties of the tensor are established using the symmetry of the problem and by comparisons with post-Newtonian and Newtonian limits. Exterior solutions are found, and the interior problem and a procedure for matching the solutions on the surface of a celestial body are formulated. It is argued that in celestial bodies the matter, gravitational vacuum, and metric form a unity determined by the solution of the gravitational field equations.
Research Organization:
Erevanskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet, Yerevan, USSR
OSTI ID:
5816950
Journal Information:
Astrophysics (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Astrophysics (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 20; ISSN ATPYA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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