New exact dynamic field solutions of Einstein's equation

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Abstract

An exact metric first derived, but not analyzed, by Hartle, Thorne, and Price [1] is used to calculate the exact time-dependent gravitational field of a spherical mass moving with arbitrarily high constant velocity. The exact field solutions [2] confirm that even the weak field of a spherical mass moving faster than 3$^{-1/2}c$ is repulsive in the forward and backward directions [3]. The exact threshold conditions required for gravitational repulsion of particles at rest are determined as a function of source speed and field strength and particle position with respect to the relativistic source. The results are consistent with the repulsion of relativistic particles by a weak static Schwarzschild field, discovered 85 years ago by Hilbert [4]. \\[4pt] [1] J. B. Hartle, K. S. Thorne, and R. H. Price in \textit{Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm}, edited by K. S. Thorne, R. H. Price, D. A. Macdonald (Yale U. Press, New Haven, Conn., 1986), Ch. V.\\[0pt] [2] F. S. Felber, arXiv:0803.2864v4 [physics.gen-ph] 2008.\\[0pt] [3] F. S. Felber, arXiv:gr-qc/0505098v2, 2005.\\[0pt] [4] D. Hilbert, Math. Ann. \textbf{92}, 1 (1924).

Authors

  • Franklin Felber

    Starmark, Inc.