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Title: Nonuniqueness of the predictions of the general theory of relativity. The relativistic theory of gravitation

Abstract

It is shown that whereas the predictions of the relativistic theory of gravitation for gravitational effects are unambiguous and agree with the known experimental data, the corresponding predictions of the general theory of relativity are ambiguous. In some effects, the ambiguity appears in the first order in the gravitational coupling constant; in others, in the second. The absence in the general theory of relativity of conservation laws for energy, momentum, and angular momentum of the matter and gravitational field taken together, and also its inability to give unique predictions for gravitational phenomena, make it necessary to abandon the theory of relativity as a physical theory.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Moscow State University
OSTI Identifier:
6169787
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 18:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; EVALUATION; CONSERVATION LAWS; COUPLING CONSTANTS; GRAVITATION; FIELD THEORIES; 657003* - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics- Relativity & Gravitation

Citation Formats

Logunov, A A, and Loskutov, Y M. Nonuniqueness of the predictions of the general theory of relativity. The relativistic theory of gravitation. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Logunov, A A, & Loskutov, Y M. Nonuniqueness of the predictions of the general theory of relativity. The relativistic theory of gravitation. United States.
Logunov, A A, and Loskutov, Y M. 1987. "Nonuniqueness of the predictions of the general theory of relativity. The relativistic theory of gravitation". United States.
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author = {Logunov, A A and Loskutov, Y M},
abstractNote = {It is shown that whereas the predictions of the relativistic theory of gravitation for gravitational effects are unambiguous and agree with the known experimental data, the corresponding predictions of the general theory of relativity are ambiguous. In some effects, the ambiguity appears in the first order in the gravitational coupling constant; in others, in the second. The absence in the general theory of relativity of conservation laws for energy, momentum, and angular momentum of the matter and gravitational field taken together, and also its inability to give unique predictions for gravitational phenomena, make it necessary to abandon the theory of relativity as a physical theory.},
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volume = 18:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987},
month = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987}
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