Characterization of gravitational theories by cumulative effects in free particles' motion and in the behaviour of clocks

✍ Scribed by M Enosh; A Kovetz

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 972 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-4916
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-4916(72)90010-3

✦ 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.