The Relation between the Pressure Gradient of General Relativity and Its Newtonian Counterpart with Respect to Certain Stellar Models

Rajat Roy

doi:10.4236/oalib.1101314

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The Relation between the Pressure Gradient of General Relativity and Its Newtonian Counterpart with Respect to Certain Stellar Models ()

Rajat Roy

Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1101314 PDF HTML XML 792 Downloads 1,128 Views

Abstract

The non-uniqueness of the relation between the pressure gradients of general relativity and its Newtonian counterpart is demonstrated. This may lead to a non-unique relation between the two force laws.

Keywords

Pressure Gradient, General Relativity, Newtonian Gravity

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Roy, R. (2015) The Relation between the Pressure Gradient of General Relativity and Its Newtonian Counterpart with Respect to Certain Stellar Models. Open Access Library Journal, 2, 1-3. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1101314.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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