Field theory of gravitation and new notions of space and time

Journal Article · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980 · Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6449851

Denisov, V I; Logunov, A A; Mestvirishvili, M A

A field theory of gravitation is constructed on the basis of two principles: 1. The existence of conservation laws for the matter and the gravitational field, which is achieved by choosing a pseudo-Euclidean geometry as a natural geometry for the gravitational field. 2. A geometrization principle (identity principle), which asserts that the equations of motion for matter under the influence of the gravitational field in the pseudo-Euclidean space-time can be represented identically as the equations of motion of matter in some effective Riemannian space-time with metric tensor that depends on the gravitational field and on the metric tensor of the pseudo-Euclidean space-time.

• Research Organization: Scientific-Research Institute of Nuclear Physics at the M. V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 6449851
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 12:1; ISSN SJPNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CONSERVATION LAWS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
EUCLIDEAN SPACE
FIELD THEORIES
GRAVITATION
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
RIEMANN SPACE
SPACE
SPACE-TIME