Report on the Investigation of Mach's Principle in the Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravity
- 4 November 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 21 (19) , 1401-1403
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.21.1401
Abstract
Most statements of Mach's principle demand that the mass of a solitary object be zero. The results of self-energy calculations in the canonical formalism of the scalar-tensor theory for solitary neutral point particles and the solitary charged point particle are reported here. The results show that from the viewpoint of Mach's principle, the scalar-tensor theory offers no substantial improvement over general relativity.Keywords
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