Pressure as a source of gravity

J. Ehlers, I. Ozsváth, E. L. Schücking, and Y. Shang
Phys. Rev. D 72, 124003 – Published 7 December 2005

Abstract

The active mass density in Einstein’s theory of gravitation in the analog of Poisson’s equation in a local inertial system is proportional to ρ+3p/c2. Here ρ is the density of energy and p its pressure for a perfect fluid. By using exact solutions of Einstein’s field equations in the static case we study whether the pressure term contributes towards the mass.

  • Received 1 October 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.124003

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. Ehlers1, I. Ozsváth2, E. L. Schücking3, and Y. Shang3

  • 1Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik Golm, Am Mühlenberg, D-14476 Golm bei Potsdam, Germany
  • 2Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
  • 3Department of Physics, New York University, Washington Place, New York, NY 10003

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Vol. 72, Iss. 12 — 15 December 2005

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