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Relation between the determinants of metric tensors
Recently I have started to study the classical theory of gravity. In Landau, Classical Theory of Field, paragraph 84 ("Distances and time intervals") , it is written
We also state that the ...
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Penrose Conformal diagram for flat 2-dim Lorentz space-time
I have the following metric
$$ds^2 ~=~ Tdv^2 + 2dTdv,$$
defined for
$$(v,T)~\in~ S^1\times \mathbb{R},$$
e.g. $v$ is periodic.
This is the according Penrose diagram:
Question 1) Is the ...
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Most suitable metric for the Solar system?
If I wanted to solve the Einstein equations for the solar system, which choice of $g_{\mu\nu}$ and $T_{\mu\nu}$ is more suitable?
I thought about using a Schwarzschild metric near each planet, but ...
