Point-particle limit in a scalar theory of gravitation and the weak equivalence principle
| dc.creator | Arminjon, Mayeul | |
| dc.date | 2003-06-06 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T08:43:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T08:43:27Z | |
| dc.description | A scalar theory with a preferred reference frame is summarized. To test that theory in celestial mechanics, an "asymptotic" post-Newtonian (PN) scheme has been developed. This associates a conceptual family of self-gravitating systems with the given system, in order to have a true small parameter available. The resulting equations for a weakly-self-gravitating system of extended bodies include internal-structure effects. The internal-structure influence subsists at the point-particle limit--a violation of the weak equivalence principle. If one could develop an "asymptotic" approximation scheme in general relativity also, this could plausibly be found there also, in a gauge where the PN space metric would not be "conformally Euclidean". | |
| dc.description | LaTeX, 6 pages. Text of a talk given at the Rencontres de Moriond: Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity, Les Arcs, France (March 22-29, 2003). Submitted to the Proceedings (J. Dumarchez, ed.) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0306025 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0306025 | |
| dc.identifier | Gravitational waves and experimental gravity, Proc. of the 38th Rencontres de Moriond (J. Dumarchez & J. Tran Thanh Van, eds.), The Gioi, Hanoi (2004), pp. 377-382 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/142319 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Point-particle limit in a scalar theory of gravitation and the weak equivalence principle | |
| dc.type | text |