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Already in the 1970s there where attempts to present a set of ground rules, sometimes referred to as a theory of gravitation theories, which theories of gravity should satisfy in order to be considered viable in principle and, therefore,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas P Sotiriou , Valerio Faraoni , Stefano Liberati

The Einstein equations for static gravitational field depend on energy density and pressure. So one may expect that solutions should depend on two parameters: mass and its analogue originated from pressure. Yet the Schwarzschild solution…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-31 A. I. Nikishov

This review is focused on tests of Einstein's theory of General Relativity with gravitational waves that are detectable by ground-based interferometers and pulsar timing experiments. Einstein's theory has been greatly constrained in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 Nicolas Yunes , Xavier Siemens

A quantum measurement-like event can produce any of a number of macroscopically distinct results, with corresponding macroscopically distinct gravitational fields, from the same initial state. Hence the probabilistically evolving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-07 Adrian Kent

This review is focused on tests of Einstein's theory of general relativity with gravitational waves that are detectable by ground-based interferometers and pulsar-timing experiments. Einstein's theory has been greatly constrained in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-13 Nicolas Yunes , Xavier Siemens , Kent Yagi

We study a generalized Einstein theory with the following two criteria:{\it i}) on the solar scale, it must be consistent with the classical tests of general relativity, {\it ii}) on the galactic scale, the gravitational potential is a sum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-01 Masakatsu Kenmoku , Yuko Okamoto , Kazuyasu Shigemoto

Since its inception, quantum theory has been the subject of fierce interpretive controversy, which persists to this day. Disputed topics include the basic ontology and dynamics of the theory, the role (if any) of measurement, the meaning of…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Tim Maudlin

There are many complementary approaches to the construction of solutions to the field equations of general relativity. Among these, numerical approximation offers the only possibility to compute a variety of dynamical spacetimes, and so has…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-13 David Hilditch

Some highlights of the priority in the discovery of the gravitational field equations are given.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. A. Petrov

We present a basics of the Einstein General Theory of Relativity. In the first part of this review we derive relations of Riemann geometry which are used in the General Relativity. In the second part we discuss Einstein Equations and some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-23 S. M. Bilenky

We study the pages in Albert Einstein's 1916 landmark paper in the Annalen der Physik where he derived his field equations for gravity. Einstein made two heuristic and physically insightful steps. The first was to obtain the field equations…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2016-08-23 Sam Walters

Albert Einstein's journey to formulate the theory of general relativity involved significant shifts in his approach to gravitational field equations. Starting in 1912, he collaborated with Marcel Grossmann and initially explored broadly…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2023-11-09 Galina Weinstein

Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) provides the best available description of gravity. The recent detection of gravitational waves and the first picture of a black hole have provided spectacular confirmations of GR, as well as…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-08-26 Jorge Pinochet

While many observations support the validity of Einstein's general relativity as the theory of gravity, there are yet many that suggest the presence of new physics. In order to explain the high-redshift supernovae Ia observations together…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. G. Vishwakarma

Based on investigations of the fundamental properties of the generalized Einstein Lagrangian density for a gravitational system, the theoretical foundations of the modified Einstein field equations and the Lorentz and Levi-Civita…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Fang-Pei Chen

The dynamics of general relativity is encoded in a set of ten differential equations, the so-called Einstein field equations. It is usually believed that Einstein's equations represent a physical law describing the coupling of spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-06 Antonio Vassallo

Extended Theories of Gravity can be considered a new paradigm to cure shortcomings of General Relativity at infrared and ultraviolet scales. They are an approach that, by preserving the undoubtedly positive results of Einstein's Theory, is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Salvatore Capozziello , Mariafelicia De Laurentis

The gravitation field of the flat plate was investigated. It have been shown that there exist the internal solution of Einstein equations sewed together with external one, which described a ''homogeneous'' gravitational field.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 R. M. Avakyan , E. V. Chubaryan , A. H. Yeranyan

Einstein's theory of gravity admits a low energy effective quantum field description from which predictions beyond classical general relativity can be drawn. As gravitational wave detectors improve, one may ask whether non-classical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-19 Thiago Guerreiro

Schwarzschild's solution of Einstein's field equations in vacuum can be written in many different forms. Unfortunately Schwarzschild's own original form is less nice looking and simple than that latter derived by Droste and Hilbert. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-09-29 Ll. Bel