Approximation Method for the Relaxed Covariant Form of the Gravitational Field Equations for Particles英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Modern Physics, 2012, 3, 1247-1254 /10.4236/jmp.2012.329161 Published Online September 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jmp) Approximation Method for the Relaxed Covariant Form of the Gravitational Field Equations for Particles Emanuel Gallo, Osvaldo M. Moreschi FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Instituto de Fsica Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina Email: emanuelgg@ Received July 7, 2012; revised August 6, 2012; accepted August 14, 2012 ABSTRACT We present a study of the so called relaxed field equations of general relativity in terms of a decomposition of the met- ric; which is designed to deal with the notion of particles. Several known results are generalized to a coordinate free covariant discussion. We apply our techniques to the study of a particle up to second order. Keywords: General Relativity; Approximation Methods; Particles 1. Introduction the flat reference metric of the Kerr-Schild form. This indicates that it might be possible to give a parti- cle notion to a compact object in general relativity when expressed with respect to background reference metrics. If one intends to study the problem of a systems com- posed of several compact objects, it appears as an ap- pealing strategy to use approximation techniques for solving the field equations. Several problems are related to this. In building approximation schemes for the study of the field equations in general relativity it is often useful to recur to the relaxed form of the field equations; that we recall below. Also, it frequently useful to decompose the physical metric in terms of a background metric. In this work we plan to study both techniques. In the process of decomposing the metric a key issue is the notion of gauge, since in general one has more than one way to decompose the physical metric. In order to study this issue we bring the techniques used by Frie- drich in hi