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According to the general theory of relativity, a precise clock located at a position with higher geopotential runs quicker than a precise clock located at a position with lower geopotential.
“According to the GRT, a precise (atomic) clock located at the position P with higher geopotential runs quicker than a precise clock located at the position Q with lower geopotential [12,44,45].”
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The energy-momentum tensor of the form with a time-like unit vector, energy density, and pressure tensor is classified as Hawking-Ellis type I and covers standard non-null classical matters in 3+1 dimensions.
“This EMT is classified as the Hawking-Ellis type I[19], and it covers standard (non-null) classical matters in 3 + 1 dimensions[30].”
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When the spatial separation of two clocks is much smaller than the typical length of background curvature of space-time, curvature effects can safely be neglected, as a consequence of the Einstein equivalence principle.
“When the spatial separation of two clocks is much smaller than the typical length of background curvature of space-time, then curvature effects can safely be neglected. This is a consequence of the Einstein equivalence principle (see e.g. [14]).”
From Chronometric Geodesy: Methods and Applications (2019) · cites this paper as [14]
Local energy is not well-defined in general relativity, and global definitions of mass require the space-time to possess an infinity.
“Local energy is not well-defined in general relativity, and for global definitions of mass the space-time must possess an infinity [19,20].”
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The mass inside the apparent horizon is exactly a quarter of the area of the apparent horizon.
“This is exactly a quarter of the area of the apparent horizon.”
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The Oppenheimer-Snyder solution describes a dust ball at zero temperature and exactly homogeneous, so it contains zero entropy.
“Strictly, the Oppenheimer-Snyder solution describes a dust ball at zero temperature.Since it also must be exactly homogeneous, it contains not even the usual positional entropy equal to the particle number.Thus the entropy is zero.”
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There is no gravitational force in general relativity with n < 3.
“there is no gravitational force in general relativity with n < 3.”
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- Authors
- Misner, C. W., Thorne, K. S., Wheeler, J. A., & Chandrasekhar, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- ORCID
- Misner, C. W.
- Venue
- Physics Today
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 1974-08-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 47-48
- ISSN
- 0031-9228 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-0699
- OpenAlex
- W4253222338
- Cited by
- 154
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physics Today (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Keywords
- gravity, general relativity
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