About Lorentz Invariance and Gauge Symmetries: An Alternative Approach to Relativistic Gravitation

Autor:	Richard Bonneville
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Physics Introduction to gauge theory Theoretical physics Theory of relativity Classical mechanics Principle of relativity Scalar theories of gravitation Four-force Test theories of special relativity Tests of special relativity Special relativity (alternative formulations)
Zdroj:	Natural Science. :1244-1252
ISSN:	2150-4105 2150-4091
Popis:	An alternative presentation of a relativistic theory of gravitation, equivalent to general relativity, is given. It is based upon the restriction of the Lorentz invariance of special relativity from a global invariance to a local one. The resulting expressions appear rather simple as we consider the transformations of a local set of pseudo-orthonormal coordinates and not the geometry of a 4-dimension hyper-surface described by a set of curvilinear coordinates. This is the major difference with the usual presentations of general relativity but that difference is purely formal. The usual approach is most adequate for describing the universe on a large scale in astrophysics and cosmology. The approach of this paper, derived from particle physics and focused on local reference frames, underlines the formal similarity between gravitation and the other interactions inasmuch as they are associated to the restriction of gauge symmetries from a global invariance to a local one.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::fbec7fb1585bc4fb53dde85422df850a https://doi.org/10.4236/ns.2014.616113 Zobrazit plný text záznamu