PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF CONSTANTS IN THE SOLUTIONS TO THE BRANS-DICKE EQUATIONS

Authors
Citation
A. Beesham, PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF CONSTANTS IN THE SOLUTIONS TO THE BRANS-DICKE EQUATIONS, Modern physics letters A, 13(10), 1998, pp. 805-810
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Particles & Fields","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
ISSN journal
02177323
Volume
13
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
805 - 810
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(1998)13:10<805:PIOCIT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Using an energy-momentum complex, we give a physical interpretation to the constants in the well-known static spherically symmetric asymptot ically flat vacuum solution to the Brans-Dicke equations. The positivi ty of the tensor mass puts a bound on parameters in the solution.