Flat Spacetime Gravitation with a Preferred Foliation
| dc.creator | Pitts, J. Brian | |
| dc.creator | Schieve, W. C. | |
| dc.date | 2001-01-25 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:25:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:25:37Z | |
| dc.description | Paralleling the formal derivation of general relativity as a flat spacetime theory, we introduce in addition a preferred temporal foliation. The physical interpretation of the formalism is considered in the context of 5-dimensional ``parametrized'' and 4-dimensional preferred frame contexts. In the former case, we suggest that our earlier proposal of unconcatenated parametrized physics requires that the dependence on $τ$ be rather slow. In the 4-dimensional case, we consider and tentatively reject several areas of physics that might require a preferred foliation, but find a need for one in the process (``flowing'') theory of time. We then suggest why such a foliation might reasonably be unobservable. | |
| dc.description | contribution to proceedings of Conference on Relativistic Dynamics IARD2000, June 26-28, 2000, Tel Aviv, Israel, to appear in Foundations of Physics | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0101099 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0101099 | |
| dc.identifier | Found.Phys. 31 (2001) 1083-1104 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33782 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Flat Spacetime Gravitation with a Preferred Foliation | |
| dc.type | text |