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Evaluation of the additive constants in the space-time Lorentz transformation equations required, according to Einstein, to correctly describe synchronised clocks at different spatial locations, reveals the spurious and unphysical nature of…

General Physics · Physics 2012-10-09 J. H. Field

We investigate a simple variation of the Generalized Harmonic method for evolving the Einstein equations. A flat space wave equation for metric perturbations is separated from the Ricci tensor, with the rest of the Ricci tensor becoming a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-06 Travis Garrett

Solving Einstein's equations precisely for strong-field gravitational systems is essential to determining the full physics content of gravitational wave detections. Without these solutions it is not possible to infer precise values for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-04 Robert A. Eisenstein

The demand to obtain answers to highly complex problems within strong-field gravity has been met with significant progress in the numerical solution of Einstein's equations - along with some spectacular results - in various setups. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-11 Vitor Cardoso , Leonardo Gualtieri , Carlos Herdeiro , Ulrich Sperhake

In Einstein's general relativity, with its nonlinear field equations, the discoveries and analyzes of various specific explicit solutions made a great impact on understanding many of the unforeseen features of the theory. Some solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Jiri Bicak

Einstein's theory of general relativity models the physical universe using spacetimes which satisfy Einstein's gravitational field equations. To date, Einstein's theory has been enormously successful in modeling observed gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-21 James Isenberg

The Lorentz transformations are represented on the ball of relativistically admissible velocities by Einstein velocity addition and rotations. This representation is by projective maps. The relativistic dynamic equation can be derived by…

Classical Physics · Physics 2010-08-23 Yaakov Friedman

The usual derivation of Einstein's field equations from the Einstein--Hilbert action is performed by silently assuming the metric tensor's symmetric character. If this symmetry is not assumed, the result is a new theory, such as Einstein's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-05 Viktor T. Toth

We first see that the inertia of Newtonian mechanics is absolute and troublesome. General relativity can be viewed as Einstein's attempt to remedy, by making inertia relative, to matter---perhaps imperfectly though, as at least a couple of…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2012-11-06 Alexander Afriat , Ermenegildo Caccese

Is Newton's gravity sufficient to handle the weakly nonlinear evolution stages of the cosmic large-scale structures? Here we resolve the issue by analytically deriving the density and velocity power spectra to the second order in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hyerim Noh , Jai-chan Hwang

We linearize the Einstein equations when the metric is Bondi-Sachs, when the background is Schwarzschild or Minkowski, and when there is a matter source in the form of a thin shell whose density varies with time and angular position. By…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Nigel T. Bishop

The Lorentz transformations are represented by Einstein velocity addition on the ball of relativistically admissible velocities. This representation is by projective maps. The Lie algebra of this representation defines the relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-17 Yaakov Friedman

In the harmonic description of general relativity, the principle part of Einstein equations reduces to a constrained system of 10 curved space wave equations for the components of the space-time metric. We use the pseudo-differential theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-21 H. -O. Kreiss , J. Winicour

Modifications of General Relativity usually include extra dynamical degrees of freedom, which to date remain undetected. Here we explore the possibility of modifying Einstein's theory by adding solely nondynamical fields. With the minimal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-07 Paolo Pani , Thomas P. Sotiriou , Daniele Vernieri

The Einstein theory of general relativity provides a peculiar example of classical field theory ruled by non-linear partial differential equations. A number of supplementary conditions (more frequently called gauge conditions) have also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 Giampiero Esposito , Cosimo Stornaiolo

A mathematical complication due to an unnecessary formal assumption concerning the variational principle of general relativity theory, which apparently bothered Einstein and Hilbert, is shown and cleared up. Some historical confusion seems…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-02-12 Peter Ostermann

A new technique is presented for modifying the Einstein evolution equations off the constraint hypersurface. With this approach the evolution equations for the constraints can be specified freely. The equations of motion for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 J. David Brown , Lisa L. Lowe

We consider a new variant of cosmological perturbation theory that has been designed specifically to include non-linear density contrasts on scales 100 Mpc, while still allowing for linear fluctuations on larger scales. This theory is used…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-08 Christopher S. Gallagher , Timothy Clifton

A nonlinear generalisation of Schrodinger's equation is obtained using information-theoretic arguments. The nonlinearities are controlled by an intrinsic length scale and involve derivatives to all orders thus making the equation mildly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Rajesh R. Parwani

We argue that in a nonlinear gravity theory, which according to well-known results is dynamically equivalent to a self-gravitating scalar field in General Relativity, the true physical variables are exactly those which describe the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-01 Guido Magnano , Leszek M. Sokolowski