Kinetic energy and the equivalence principle
作者:
S. Carlip,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 66,
issue 5
页码: 409-413
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1119/1.18885
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY;KINETIC ENERGY;PHOTONS;MASS;ACCELERATION;REST MASS;EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE;GRAVITATION;04.
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
According to the general theory of relativity, kinetic energy contributes to gravitational mass. Surprisingly, the observational evidence for this prediction does not seem to be discussed in the literature. I reanalyze existing experimental data to test the equivalence principle for the kinetic energy of atomic electrons, and show that fairly strong limits on possible violations can be obtained. I discuss the relationship of this result to the occasional claim that “light falls with twice the acceleration of ordinary matter.”
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