Relativity and Cosmology

    

Local Gravity Viewed as the Gradient of Time Dilation

Authors: Richard L. Marker

Gravitational time dilation can be expressed as a function of the gravitational acceleration caused by a central mass. The function in this form coincides with the usual view that gravity causes time dilation. This paper develops a companion function that expresses local gravitational acceleration as the gradient of local time dilation. The function in this form coincides with the view that the gradient of time dilation causes gravity. This view reverses the usual cause and effect association. The relationship between gravity and time dilation normally uses a hypothetical far distant reference clock. The removal of this linkage to a distant reference clock may help facilitate consideration of theoretical modifications to Newtonian gravity.

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[v1] 2020-10-03 19:08:08

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