Static post-Newtonian equivalence of general relativity and gravity with a dynamical preferred frame

Christopher Eling and Ted Jacobson
Phys. Rev. D 69, 064005 – Published 8 March 2004
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Abstract

A generally covariant extension of general relativity (GR) in which a dynamical unit timelike vector field is coupled to the metric is studied in the asymptotic weak field limit of spherically symmetric static solutions. The two post-Newtonian parameters known as the Eddington-Robertson-Schiff parameters are found to be identical to those in the case of pure GR, except for some nongeneric values of the coefficients in the Lagrangian.

  • Received 15 October 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.064005

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Christopher Eling* and Ted Jacobson

  • Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA

  • *Electronic address: cteling@physics.umd.edu
  • Present address: Insitut d’Astrophysique de Paris, 98 bis Bvd. Arago, 75014 Paris, France. Electronic address: jacobson@ physics.umd.edu

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Vol. 69, Iss. 6 — 15 March 2004

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