THE LIMITS OF BRANS-DICKE SPACETIMES - A COORDINATE-FREE APPROACH

Authors
PAIVA FM ROMERO C
Citation
Fm. Paiva et C. Romero, THE LIMITS OF BRANS-DICKE SPACETIMES - A COORDINATE-FREE APPROACH, General relativity and gravitation, 25(12), 1993, pp. 1305-1317
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
General relativity and gravitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00017701
Volume
25
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1305 - 1317
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7701(1993)25:12<1305:TLOBS->2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We investigate the limit of Brans-Dicke spacetimes as omega --> infini ty applying a coordinate-free technique. We obtain the limits of some known exact solutions. It is shown that these limits may not correspon d to similar solutions in the general relativity theory.