Published May 15, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Zero-mass limit of point-mass space-times

Creators

  • 1. Lockheed California Company, Burbank, California 91520

Description

A property which would seem to be required of any space-time claiming to represent a point mass is that the space-time tend to Minkowski's space-time as the mass tends to zero. It is shown that imposition of this requirement would enable a distinction to be made between equivalent space-times. Thus, the requirement is invalid

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2992
ISSN
0556-2821

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
11550496
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GRAVITATION; MASS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC; SPACE-TIME; TRANSFORMATIONS
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL SPACE; METRICS; SPACE