Gravitation and mass decrease

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Found. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731690· OSTI ID:6686817

Schlegel, R

Consequences in physical theory of assuming the general relativistic time tranformation for the de Broglie frequencies of matter, v = E/h = mc/sup 2//h, are investigated in this paper. Experimentally it is known that electromagnetic waves from a source in a gravitational field are decreased in frequency, in accordance with the Einstein general relativity time transformation. An extension to de Broglie frequencies implies mass decreases in a gravitational field. Such a decrease gives an otherwise missing energy conservation for some processes; also, a physical alteration is then associated with change in gravitational potential. Further, the general relativity time transformation that is the source of gravitational action in the weak field (Newtonian) approximation than has a physical correlate in the proposed gravitational mass loss. Rotational motion and the associated equivalent gravitional-field mass loss are considered; an essential formal difference between metric (gravitational) mass loss and special relativity mass increase is discussed. For a spherical nonrotating mass collapsed to its Schwarzschild radius the postulated mass loss is found to give a 25% decrease in the mass acting as origin off an external gravitational field.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
• OSTI ID: 6686817
• Journal Information: Found. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 12:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
DE BROGLIE WAVELENGTH
BLACK HOLES
GRAVITATION
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
KINETIC ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ROTATION
SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC
ENERGY
FIELD THEORIES
METRICS
MOTION
657003* - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics- Relativity & Gravitation