guv ~ nuv(flat) + huv
huv << nuv
and radii of curvature >> measurement scales
the Levi-Civita connection ~ huv,w will still vanish in LIFs via EEP
so if you try to make a Tuv(gravity) quadratic in huv,w it will vanish in an LIF, therefore the gravity energy is still nonlocal even in this Newtonian limit
h00 ~ 2VNewton/c^2 << 1
{LC}^rtt ~ -VNewton,r
i.e.
g = -GM/r^2 etc.
On the other hand the LIF gravity field tetrad Cartan 1-forms e^I are GCT scalar invariants. Their torsion 2-forms
T^I = De^I = de^I + (spin connection)^IKe^K
have local tensor components
Their Yang-Mills Lagrangian density is ~ TraceT^I*T^J yields a local stress-energy gravity field tensor.
Using teleparallelism you can get the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian from the torsion tensor.
So this approach seems to solve the problem.
On Sep 2, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Woodward, James wrote:
The difference between Newtonian gravity and GRT is that in Newtonian theory you can localize the gravitational potential energy of objects. In GRT you can't. They aren't the same at all. One is framed in absolute space and time, the other is framed in absolute spacetime. Apples and oranges.
From: Paul Zielinski [
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 12:42 PM
To: JACK SARFATTI
Subject: Re: let's be more precise in the use of informal language
On 9/1/2011 10:38 PM, JACK SARFATTI wrote:
On Sep 1, 2011, at 9:50 PM, Paul Zielinski wrote:
Doesn't precisely the same equivalence principle also hold in a generally covariant spacetime formulation of Newtonian theory?
Jack wrote: Einstein's GR limits to Newtonian theory in the two limits v/c << 1 and weak curvature i.e.
guv ~ nuv(flat) + huv
huv << nuv
and radii of curvature >> measurement scales
for a spherically symmetric static source
g00(static LNIF) = 1 + 2V/c^2
V = Newton's gravity potential per unit test mass
e.g
V = - c^2rs/r for finite source
r (observer) > rs
rs for Earth is ~ 1 cm
V = - /\r^2 de Sitter space
observer located at r = 0
/\ = Einstein's cosmological constant ~ dark energy density accelerating universe ~ (area-entropy of our future event horizon)^-1
Z: I think the correct answer is "yes".
How can one "locally" distinguish the effects of the dynamical acceleration of a test object observed in its own kinematical rest frame from the non-tidal effects of a Newtonian gravitational force field acting in a non-accelerating kinematical frame?
JS: I have no idea what your sentence means without seeing some equations.
Z: In fact it's a very clearly stated question.
JS: Not to me.
Z: The correct answer is that in Newtonian theory you cannot locally distinguish the effects of physically accelerating a test object, as observed from the object's non-inertial rest frame, from the non-tidal effects of a Newtonian gravitational force observed in an inertial frame of reference.
JS: No that is completely confusing apples with oranges.
The non-tidal effects in the Ruvwl curvature tensor are measured with pairs of neighboring test particles each on geodesics.
In contrast, the g-force of Newton's gravity {LC}^rtt ~ -dV/dr is measured with a single-test particle pushed off a geodesic by an electrical-based force (including Van-der Walls forces).
Z: The point here is that precisely the same heuristic argument about "local equivalence" holds in Newtonian theory.
JS: Not even wrong.
Given any object, if an accelerometer clamped to it moves off zero then that object is really accelerating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerometer