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datestamp: 2014-05-20 18:59:45
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creators_name: Boehmer, CG
creators_name: Downes, RJ
title: From continuum mechanics to general relativity
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F59
keywords: General relativity; continuum mechanics; space-time symmetries
note: This essay received a honorable mention in the 2014 essay competition of the Gravity Research Foundation. - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: Using ideas from continuum mechanics we construct a theory of gravity. We show that this theory is equivalent to Einstein's theory of general relativity; it is also a much faster way of reaching general relativity than the conventional route. Our approach is simple and natural: we form a very general model and then apply two physical assumptions supported by experimental evidence. This easily reduces our construction to a model equivalent to general relativity. Finally, we suggest a simple way of modifying our theory to investigate nonstandard spacetime symmetries.
date: 2014-10
publisher: Submitted to International Journal of Modern Physics D
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218271814420152
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language: eng
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doi: 10.1142/S0218271814420152
lyricists_name: Boehmer, Christian
lyricists_name: Downes, Robert
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lyricists_id: RJDOW10
full_text_status: public
publication: International Journal of Modern Physics D
volume: 23
number: 12
article_number: 1442015
issn: 0218-2718
citation:        Boehmer, CG;    Downes, RJ;      (2014)    From continuum mechanics to general relativity.                   International Journal of Modern Physics D , 23  (12)    , Article 1442015.  10.1142/S0218271814420152 <https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271814420152>.       Green open access   
 
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