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Consistently Implementing the Fields Self-Energy in Newtonian Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We consider in a pedagogical fashion alterations to Newtonian gravity due to the postulate that all energy corresponds to active gravitational mass when applied to the self-energy of the gravitational field. We show why a simple addition of 1c2{1\over c^2} times the gravitational field energy to the matter density in Newton's field equation is inconsistent. A consistent prescription is shown and discussed. The connection to general relativity is pointed out.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9605011,
  title  = {Consistently Implementing the Fields Self-Energy in Newtonian Gravity},
  author = {Domenico Giulini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9605011},
  year   = {2009}
}

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