Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Solutions to equations producing Newtonian gravitational waves are being presented. The derivations of these equations emerging directly from the second Newton law and mass conservation applied to a continuous mass distribution, e.g., a compressible fluid or equivalent, have already been shown to lead to a form identical to the Maxwell equations for electromagnetism subject to a specific condition. Consequently, Newtonian gravitational waves are Lorentz invariant when the speed of wave propagation equals the speed of light. The resulting equations can derive a gravitational Poynting vector in complete analogy to the electromagnetic Poynting vector. A stationary solution exists for a spherical mass, creating the gravitational field. The evolution of a gravitational wave emerges and is presented as a linear, neutrally stable solution around this stationary one.
DOI: 10.59277/clc.2024.10
Author: PETER VADASZ
Institution: Northern Arizona University
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407045466