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A note on time-varying gravitational potentials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. Surdin
Affiliation:
Department of PhysicsNorth CarolinaState CollegeRaleigh, N.C.

Abstract

Using Newtonian theory of gravitation and postulating the existence of informational waves of gravitation, a time-varying gravitational potential is obtained. When a point mass is submitted to such a potential a precession of its orbit, of the right order of magnitude, is obtained. The correct value of the angle of deflexion of light by massive bodies can also be calculated.

Type
Research Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1962

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