Testing the Boundary Conditions of General Relativity Near the Earth-Sun Saddle Point

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dc.creatorMartin, Tom
dc.date1998-06-07
dc.date1999-06-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:32:26Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:32:26Z
dc.descriptionWe suggest that a satellite with a stable atomic clock on board be sent through the Earth-Sun gravitational saddle point to experimentally determine whether Nature prefers static solutions of the field equations of General Relativity, such as the standard Schwarzschild solution, or whether Nature prefers equivalent non-static solutions. This is a test of the boundary conditions of General Relativity rather than of the field equations. The fractional difference in clock rates between the two possibilities is a part in a hundred million. This is a large and easily measurable effect.
dc.description10 pages, URL included
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806033
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806033
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36230
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleTesting the Boundary Conditions of General Relativity Near the Earth-Sun Saddle Point
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