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Title: Gravitation and mass decrease

Abstract

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.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Department of Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
OSTI Identifier:
6686817
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Found. Phys.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 12:8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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

Citation Formats

Schlegel, R. Gravitation and mass decrease. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.1007/BF00731690.
Schlegel, R. Gravitation and mass decrease. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731690
Schlegel, R. 1982. "Gravitation and mass decrease". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731690.
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title = {Gravitation and mass decrease},
author = {Schlegel, R},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1007/BF00731690},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6686817}, journal = {Found. Phys.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 12:8,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
}