Toward a Nonlocal Theory of Gravitation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-11 v1 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
The nonlocal theory of accelerated systems is extended to linear gravitational waves as measured by accelerated observers in Minkowski spacetime. The implications of this approach are discussed. In particular, the nonlocal modifications of helicity-rotation coupling are pointed out and a nonlocal wave equation is presented for a special class of uniformly rotating observers. The results of this study, via Einstein's heuristic principle of equivalence, provide the incentive for a nonlocal classical theory of the gravitational field.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0608010,
title = {Toward a Nonlocal Theory of Gravitation},
author = {Bahram Mashhoon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0608010},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
15 pages, no figures, accepted for publication in Ann. Phys. (Leipzig)