The energy mechanics of semistatic space-times

Dominic G. B. Edelen

ResearchPublished 1965

A study of relativistic mechanics in semistatic spaces. All physical quantities in a 4-dimensional, hyperbolic normal metric space can be determined in terms of the metric and curvature of the hypersurfaces orthogonal to the time-oriented normal congruence and one additional function of all four coordinates. These determinations are explained and provide a means whereby the hypersurface geometry is uniquely determinable in terms of the projection of the momentum-energy tensor onto the hypersurface.

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  • Year: 1965
  • Pages: 38
  • Document Number: RM-4484-PR

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Edelen, Dominic G. B., The energy mechanics of semistatic space-times. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1965. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4484.html.
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