Gravitational Coupling of Negative Matter

Authors

A Inomata
David Peak, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Il Nuovo Cimento B

Volume

63

Issue

1

Publication Date

1969

First Page

132

Last Page

142

Abstract

The relevance of the sign of mass in general relativity is examined by analysing a simple model universe in which Dirac matter distributes uniformly. Mass reversal, converting a source of positive matter into one of negative matter, gives rise to a concomitant change in sign of the gravitational coupling. The principle of equivalence is invoked in order to generalize the result to all negative-matter sources. The admissibility of a Dirac source in general relativity implies that the sign of mass is irrelevant in gravitational interactions.

Comments

Published by Springer in Il Nuovo Cimento B. Publisher PDF is available through link above. Publisher requires a subscription to access article.

Recommended Citation

A. Inomata and D. Peak, "Gravitational Coupling of Negative Matter," Nuovo Cimento 63B, 132 (1969) (with A. Inomata).

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02711049