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Linearized Einstein's field equations

General Physics 2018-03-29 v1

Abstract

From the Einstein field equations, in a weak-field approximation and for speeds small compared to the speed of light in vacuum, the following system is obtained \begin{align*} \nabla \times \overrightarrow{E_g} & = -\frac{1}{c} \frac{\partial \overrightarrow{B_g}}{\partial t}, \nabla \cdot \overrightarrow{E_g} \;\; & \approx -4\pi G\rho_g, \nabla \times \overrightarrow{B_g} & \approx -\frac{4\pi G}{c^{2}}\overrightarrow{J_g}+ \frac{1}{c}\frac{\partial \overrightarrow{E_g}}{\partial t}, \nabla \cdot \overrightarrow{B_g} \;\; & = 0, \end{align*} where Eg\overrightarrow{E_g} is the gravitoelectric field, Bg\overrightarrow{B_g} is the gravitomagnetic field, Jg\overrightarrow{J_g} is the space-time-mass current density and ρg\rho_g is the space-time-mass density. This last gravitoelectromagnetic field system is similar to the Maxwell equations, thus showing an analogy between the electromagnetic theory and gravitation.

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@article{arxiv.1710.01593,
  title  = {Linearized Einstein's field equations},
  author = {Wilson P. Álvarez-Samaniego and Borys Álvarez-Samaniego and Douglas Moya-Álvarez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.01593},
  year   = {2018}
}

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8 pages, in spanish