An Inertial Reaction to Cosmological Accelerations
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v5 Astrophysics
Abstract
Mach's "fixed stars" are actually not fixed at all. The distant clusters of galaxies are not only receding from each observer but they are also accelerating since the rate of cosmological expansion is not constant. If the distant cosmic masses in someway constitute the frame of inertial reference then an additional force should be generated among local bodies in reaction to the apparent cosmological accelerations of the distant galaxies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0309004,
title = {An Inertial Reaction to Cosmological Accelerations},
author = {Scott Funkhouser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0309004},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages; 1 Fig.; removed section on Sciama's force law; no change in main result