Published January 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Relativistic theory of gravitation

  • 1. Rektorat, Moscow State University, Leninski Gory, 117234 Moscow, USSR

Description

In the present paper a relativistic theory of gravitation (RTG) is unambiguously constructed on the basis of the special relativity and geometrization principle. In this a gravitational field is treated as the Faraday--Maxwell spin-2 and spin-0 physical field possessing energy and momentum. The source of a gravitational field is the total conserved energy-momentum tensor of matter and of a gravitational field in Minkowski space. In the RTG the conservation laws are strictly fulfilled for the energy-moment and for the angular momentum of matter and a gravitational field. The theory explains the whole available set of experiments on gravity. By virtue of the geometrization principle, the Riemannian space in our theory is of field origin, since it appears as an effective force space due to the action of a gravitational field on matter. The RTG leads to an exceptionally strong prediction: The universe is not closed but just ''flat.'' This suggests that in the universe a ''missing mass'' should exist in a form of matter

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Found. Phys.
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
1
Series
Found. Phys.
Journal Page Range
1-26
ISSN
0015-9018
CODEN
FNDPA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17047949
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CONSERVATION LAWS; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MINKOWSKI SPACE; RELATIVITY THEORY; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE; TENSORS