New theory of gravitation
- 15 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 19 (12) , 3554-3558
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.19.3554
Abstract
A new theory of gravity is proposed in which the geometry of space-time is determined by a nonsymmetric field structure. The theory satisfies the following requirements: (1) general covariance, (2) (weak) principle of equivalence, (3) the field equations are derivable from a Lagrangian action principle, (4) the theory agrees with all the classical (weak gravitational field) tests of Einstein's general relativity. The field equations for the nonsymmetric Hermitian lead to a rigorous static spherically symmetric solution for the gravitational field in empty space that excludes the essential singularity at from physical space-time. It is expected that the predictions of the theory will differ significantly from Einstein's theory of gravitation for compact sources or supermassive stars. Matter undergoing gravitational collapse is prevented from forming a black hole (in physical space-time) of the kind predicted in Einstein's theory, when a new gravitational parameter that appears as a constant of integration in the solution satisfies .
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