ahmadphy
I’ve been reading Einstein’s Relativity: The Special and General Theory where he discusses Gaussian coordinates and uses an analogy of a heated table to illustrate how the metric (like temperature) varies with position but not velocity. This got me thinking:
Since inertial and gravitational mass are equivalent (all objects fall identically in a gravitational field), does this imply the metric depend only on spacetime position, not on the velocity of a test particle? I mean is that what is meant here.
I just started studying general relativity from John walecka book if there is any other reference that would help me I will appreciate
Since inertial and gravitational mass are equivalent (all objects fall identically in a gravitational field), does this imply the metric depend only on spacetime position, not on the velocity of a test particle? I mean is that what is meant here.
I just started studying general relativity from John walecka book if there is any other reference that would help me I will appreciate