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Original Paper
Gravitation: geometry and dynamics
Article first published online: 10 JAN 2005
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200410128
Copyright © 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Annalen der Physik
Special Issue: Commemorating Albert Einstein
Volume 14, Issue 1-3, pages 148–164, February 2005
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How to Cite
Schäfer, G. (2005), Gravitation: geometry and dynamics. Ann. Phys., 14: 148–164. doi: 10.1002/andp.200410128
Publication History
- Issue published online: 2 FEB 2005
- Article first published online: 10 JAN 2005
- Manuscript Received: 30 NOV 2004
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Keywords:
- Gravitation;
- spacetime geometry;
- equations of motion;
- experimental tests
Abstract
The paper reviews general relativity, Einstein's theory of gravitation. Emphasis is put on the invariance groups of general coordinate and local Lorentz transformations. The presentation of the dynamics is based on Schwinger's action principle and the Hamiltonian approach. The machinery of accelerated reference frames in Minkowski space is discussed. Observer-relevant results from post-Newtonian calculations are presented, experimental tests of the foundations and the predictions of the theory are summarized.