Characterization of gravitational theories by cumulative effects in free particles' motion and in the behaviour of clocks: M. Enosh and A. Kovetz. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 73 KB
• Volume: 68
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-4916
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-4916(71)90137-0

✦ Synopsis

Kinematical properties of gravitation which are equivalent to the geodetic hypothesis of Einstein's theory of gravitation are looked for. It is shown that a generalized vorticity theorem, as well as the possibility of synchronizing adjacent clocks during a finite time interval, characterize Einstein's theory. Some work is done also to characterize special relativity.