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A Dualistic Approach to Gravitation
Author(s) -
Mahanta M. N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.19844960602
Subject(s) - physics , gravitation , theoretical physics , interpretation (philosophy) , exposition (narrative) , speed of gravity , classical mechanics , lorentz transformation , extension (predicate logic) , einstein , theory of relativity , space (punctuation) , scalar theories of gravitation , parameterized post newtonian formalism , spacetime , classical field theory , gravitational acceleration , quantum mechanics , philosophy , computer science , linguistics , art , literature , programming language
A systematic account of a new dualistic approach to gravitation developed over the years 1979‐83 by the author is presented. The main idea of this article is to fill up the gaps in the exposition and physical interpretation rather than any important extension. We propose here a dual theory for gravitation. In the exact form it is supposed to be appropriate for microscopic (subnuclear) phenomena and in an averaged out form (may be more than once averaged) appropriate for a description of the usual gravitation of macroscopic bodies. A parallel can be found in the case of the Lorentz and Maxwell theories of electromagnetic phenomena. When sources are present the macroscopic theory is the same as the conventional Einstein theory but in the absence of sources space‐time is flat ruling out the existence of gravitational waves in this approach. Experimental verification of this should be a test case for the validity of the theory.