Introducing Distance and Measurement in General Relativity: Changes for the Standard Tests and the Cosmological Large-Scale
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Introducing Distance and Measurement in General Relativity: Changes for the Standard Tests and the Cosmological Large-Scale |
| Author(s) | Stephen John Crothers |
| Keywords | Distance, Measurement, General Relativity, Cosmology |
| Published | 2005 |
| Journal | Progress In Physics |
| Volume | 3 |
| Pages | 41-47 |
Abstract
Relativistic motion in the gravitational field of a massive body is governed by the external metric of a spherically symmetric extended object. Consequently, any solution for the point-mass is inadequate for the treatment of such motions since it pertains to a fictitious object. I therefore develop herein the physics of the standard tests of General Relativity by means of the generalised solution for the field external to a sphere of incompressible homogeneous fluid.