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In classical physics, the force on an object experiencing constant acceleration is equivalent to the "gravitational force" exerted on an object by a slab of material of uniform thickness and infinite lateral extent. The "gravitational field" is uniform above the slab, and the object's "acceleration" in free fall is constant.
Does this same type of equivalence apply in general relativity, in which the Rindler metric describes the geometry of an object's accelerated frame of reference (for constant acceleration)? IOW, for an observer at rest wrt a flat slab of infinite lateral extent, is the space above the slab described by the Rindler metric? I'm guessing that it is, since, when I evaluated the components of the Ricci-Einstein tensor for Rindler space, all the components came out to zero (if I did it right). Also, in Rindler space, the acceleration of the coordinate frame gradually decreases linearly in the direction of motion. Does the same type of effect happen in the region above a slab? I guess this would be interpreted as a tidal phenomenon that is not present in the classical analogy. Correct? Help!
Does this same type of equivalence apply in general relativity, in which the Rindler metric describes the geometry of an object's accelerated frame of reference (for constant acceleration)? IOW, for an observer at rest wrt a flat slab of infinite lateral extent, is the space above the slab described by the Rindler metric? I'm guessing that it is, since, when I evaluated the components of the Ricci-Einstein tensor for Rindler space, all the components came out to zero (if I did it right). Also, in Rindler space, the acceleration of the coordinate frame gradually decreases linearly in the direction of motion. Does the same type of effect happen in the region above a slab? I guess this would be interpreted as a tidal phenomenon that is not present in the classical analogy. Correct? Help!