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Functional Gravitational Energy.

Does the gravitational field described in general relativity possess genuine stress-energy? We answer this question in the affirmative, in (i) a weak sense applicable in a certain class of models of the theory, and (ii) arguably also in a strong sense, applicable in all models of the theory. In addi...

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Published in:British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 205 - 233
Main Author: Read, James
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Mar2020
Subjects:
Gravitational energy
Conservation laws (Physics)
Vector fields
Cosmological constant
General relativity (Physics)
Gravitational fields
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