Active Mass Under Pressure
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
After a historical introduction to Poisson's equation for Newtonian gravity, its analog for static gravitational fields in Einstein's theory is reviewed. It appears that the pressure contribution to the active mass density in Einstein's theory might also be noticeable at the Newtonian level. A form of its surprising appearance, first noticed by Richard Chase Tolman, was discussed half a century ago in the Hamburg Relativity Seminar and is resolved here.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0505040,
title = {Active Mass Under Pressure},
author = {Juergen Ehlers and Istvan Ozsvath and Engelbert Schucking},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0505040},
year = {2009}
}
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28 pages, 4 figures