Re: Gravity, Curvature vs Force

From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 10/04/04


Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:02:10 -0700

Learner wrote:
>
> The bending of light by the sun can be explained as the manifestation
> of the curvature of spacetime. Fine!

http://arXiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9909014
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004) 121101
 falling light

The bending of light by the sun can be explained as the manifestation
of the *torsion* of spacetime. Fine!

> But how does one explain the free
> fall of an object down when released from rest in terms of the
> spacetime curvature because the space between the object and the earth
> is perfectly flat?

<http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/RelWWW/tests.html>
 Mathematics of gravitation

<http://wugrav.wustl.edu/people/CMW/update98.pdf>
<http://www.astro.northwestern.edu/AspenW04/Papers/lorimer1.pdf>
 Equivalence Principle testing

<http://www.npl.washington.edu/eotwash/pdf/prl83-3585.pdf>
http://arXiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0301024
 Nordtvedt Effect

> Learner

Spewing ignorant idiot.

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