ABRAMOWICZ, Marek, Jiří HORÁK, Maciek WIELGUS and G. F. R. ELLIS. The perihelion of Mercury advance and the light bending calculated in (enhanced) Newton?s theory. General Relativity and Gravitation. US - Spojené státy americké, 2014, vol. 46, No 1, p. "1630 - 1"-"1630 - 14", 14 pp. ISSN 0001-7701. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10714-013-1630-x.
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Original name The perihelion of Mercury advance and the light bending calculated in (enhanced) Newton?s theory
Authors ABRAMOWICZ, Marek, Jiří HORÁK, Maciek WIELGUS and G. F. R. ELLIS.
Edition General Relativity and Gravitation, US - Spojené státy americké, 2014, 0001-7701.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10308 Astronomy
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Organization unit Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10714-013-1630-x
UT WoS 000333634900017
Keywords in English space curvature; Newton's gravity; perihelion advance
Tags EE2-3-20-0071,
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Links EE2.3.20.0071, research and development project.
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Abstract
We show that results of a simple dynamical gedanken experiment interpreted according to standard Newton's gravitational theory, may reveal that three-dimensional space is curved. The experiment may be used to reconstruct the curved geometry of space, i.e. its non-Euclidean metric {}^3g_{ik}. The perihelion of Mercury advance and the light bending calculated from the Poisson equation {}^3g_{ik} nabla_i nabla_k Phi = -4pi G rho and the equation of motion F^i = ma^i in the curved geometry {}^3g_{ik} have the correct (observed) values. Independently, we also show that Newtonian gravity theory may be enhanced to incorporate the curvature of three dimensional space by adding an extra equation which links the Ricci scalar {}^3R with the density of matter rho.Like in Einstein's general relativity, matter is the source of curvature. In the spherically symmetric (vacuum) case, the metric of space {}^3g_{ik} that follows from this extra equation agrees, to the expected accuracy, with the metric
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