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arXiv:1605.09236 (physics)
[Submitted on 24 May 2016]

Title:Einstein and Beyond: A Critical Perspective on General Relativity

Authors:Ram Gopal Vishwakarma
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Abstract:An alternative approach to Einstein's theory of General Relativity (GR) is reviewed, which is motivated by a range of serious theoretical issues inflicting the theory, such as the cosmological constant problem, presence of non-Machian solutions, problems related with the energy-stress tensor $T^{ik}$ and unphysical solutions.
The new approach emanates from a critical analysis of these problems, providing a novel insight that the matter fields, together with the ensuing gravitational field, are already present inherently in the spacetime without taking recourse to $T^{ik}$. Supported by numerous evidences, the new insight revolutionizes our views on the representation of the source of gravitation and establishes the spacetime itself as the source, which becomes crucial for understanding the unresolved issues in a unified manner. This leads to a new paradigm in GR by establishing equation $R^{ik}=0$ as the field equation of gravitation plus inertia in the very presence of matter.
Comments: An invited review accepted for publication by `Universe' in its Special Issue "100 Years of Chronogeometrodynamics: the Status of the Einstein's Theory of Gravitation in Its Centennial Year"
Subjects: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:1605.09236 [physics.gen-ph]
  (or arXiv:1605.09236v1 [physics.gen-ph] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1605.09236
Journal reference: Universe 2 (2016) 11

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From: Ram Gopal Vishwakarma [view email]
[v1] Tue, 24 May 2016 21:38:12 UTC (75 KB)
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