Gravitation Without Curved Space-time
Abstract
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A quantum-mechanical theory of gravitation is presented, where the motion of particles is based on the optics of de Broglie waves. Here the large-scale geometry of the universe is inherently flat, and its age is not constrained to < 13 Gyr. While this theory agrees with the standard experimental tests of Einstein's general relativity, it predicts a different second-order deflection of light, and measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect in the upcoming NASA experiment Gravity Probe B.
34 pages, LaTeX2e, no figures; typos in several equations are corrected, added calculations of the lunar orbit, revised Lagrangian, added appendices giving the derivation of c and equations of motion, added equations for relativistic acceleration and gravitational radiation, revised cosmology section, added discussion of the LATOR experiment, added discussion of the optical-mechanical analogy and quantum mechanics
34 pages, LaTeX2e, no figures; typos in several equations are corrected, added calculations of the lunar orbit, revised Lagrangian, added appendices giving the derivation of c and equations of motion, added equations for relativistic acceleration and gravitational radiation, revised cosmology section, added discussion of the LATOR experiment, added discussion of the optical-mechanical analogy and quantum mechanics