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arxiv: gr-qc/9605011 · v1 · submitted 1996-05-06 · 🌀 gr-qc

Consistently Implementing the Fields Self-Energy in Newtonian Gravity

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keywords fieldgravitationalenergygravitynewtonianself-energyactiveaddition
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We consider in a pedagogical fashion alterations to Newtonian gravity due to the postulate that all energy corresponds to active gravitational mass when applied to the self-energy of the gravitational field. We show why a simple addition of ${1\over c^2}$ times the gravitational field energy to the matter density in Newton's field equation is inconsistent. A consistent prescription is shown and discussed. The connection to general relativity is pointed out.

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