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Equation of Motion of Small Bodies in Relativity

Jurgen Ehlers, Robert Geroch

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Abstract

There is proven a theorem, to the effect that a material body in general relativity, in a certain limit of sufficiently small size and mass, moves along a geodesic.

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7 pages
Journal reference
AnnalsPhys.309:232-236,2004
DOI
doi:10.1016/j.aop.2003.08.020
Subjects
gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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  1. Why is Maxwell's theory so hard to understand? (2007) [pdf] 1 comment

    • Then stop playing with words and say what you mean. Point charges make sense without qualification in EM, that much is true. But that doesn't mean that there is something strange or fishy going on here. You can formulate Lorentz forces using mass distributions and you're fine…

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