کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1161042 1490441 2012 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Proving the principle: Taking geodesic dynamics too seriously in Einstein's theory
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم فیزیک و نجوم (عمومی)
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Proving the principle: Taking geodesic dynamics too seriously in Einstein's theory
چکیده انگلیسی

In this paper I critically review attempts to formulate and derive the geodesic principle, which claims that free massive bodies follow geodesic paths in general relativity theory. I argue that if the principle is (canonically) interpreted as a law of motion describing the actual evolution of gravitating bodies, then it is impossible to generically apply the law to massive bodies in a way that is coherent with Einstein's field equations. Rejecting the canonical interpretation, I propose an alternative interpretation of the geodesic principle as a type of universality thesis analogous to the universality behavior exhibited in thermal systems during phase transitions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics - Volume 43, Issue 2, May 2012, Pages 137–154
نویسندگان
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