A TEST THEORY OF THE LOCAL-STRUCTURE OF SPACETIME - A FINSLERIAN APPROACH

Authors
GOLESTANIAN R KHAJEHPOUR MRH MANSOURI R
Citation
R. Golestanian et al., A TEST THEORY OF THE LOCAL-STRUCTURE OF SPACETIME - A FINSLERIAN APPROACH, Classical and quantum gravity, 12(1), 1995, pp. 273-278
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
273 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1995)12:1<273:ATTOTL>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
For rival theories within the framework of the test theory of Mansouri -Sexl a geometrical setting in terms of Finsler geometry has been foun d. It is shown that the time dilation and length contraction parameter s measure the deviation from a Riemannian geometry.