A "Lorentz-Poincaré" - Type Interpretation of Relativistic Gravitation

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Nov 2006

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"Proceedings of the EPS-13 Conference "Beyond Einstein – Physics for the 21st Century". 11–15 July 2005. University of Bern, Swi

Physics

Lorentz-Poincar&Acute, E Interpretation, Weak Equivalence Principle.

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The nature of time, space and reality are to large extent dependent on our interpretation of Special (SRT) and General Relativity Theory (GRT). In SRT essentially two distinct interpretations exist; the “geometrical” interpretation by Einstein based on the Principle of Relativity and the Invariance of the velocity of light and, the “physical” Lorentz-Poincar´e interpretation with underpinning by rod contractions, clock slowing and light synchronization, see e.g. Bohm (1965); Bell (1987). It can be questioned whether the “Lorentz-Poincar´e”-interpretation of SRT can be continued into GRT. We have shown that till first Post-Newtonian order this is indeed possible (Broekaert, 2004). This requires the introduction of gravitationally modified Lorentz transformations, with an intrinsical spatially-variable speed of light c(r), a scalar scaling field Φ and induced velocity field w. Still the invariance of the locally observed velocity of light is maintained (Broekaert, 2005). The Hamiltonian description of particles and photons recovers the 1-PN approximation of GRT. At present we show the model does obey the Weak Equivalence Principle from a fixed perspective, and that the implied acceleration transformations are equivalent with those of GRT.

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