It is shown that for subluminal observers rotating with constant angular velocity under the Schwarzschild metric at the radius in which light orbits about the gravitating mass located at the origin, the locally‐measured tangential speed of (orbital) light depends on direction and angular velocity of the observer. Further, it can be shown that all such observers experience the same acceleration regardless of the angular velocity. Thus by transitivity of the weak principle of equivalence (WEP), all of the observers should measure the local speed of light as the same, which is a contradiction. Hence the WEP or the Schwarzschild metric is at fault.


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    Title :

    The Schwarzschild Metric Violates the Weak Principle of Equivalence


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM-STAIF 2007: 11th Conf Thermophys.Applic.in Micrograv.; 24th Symp Space Nucl.Pwr.Propulsion; 5th Conf Hum/Robotic Techn & Vision Space Explor.; 5th Symp Space Coloniz.; 4th Symp New Frontrs & Future Con ; 2007 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 880 , 1 ; 1208-1215


    Publication date :

    2007-01-30


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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