Dewar, Neil and Read, James (2020) Conformal invariance of the Newtonian Weyl tensor. [Preprint]
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Abstract
It is well-known that the conformal structure of a relativistic spacetime is of profound physical and conceptual interest. In this note, we consider the analogous structure for Newtonian theories. We show that the Newtonian Weyl tensor is an invariant of this structure.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Foundations of Physics. | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Weyl tensor; conformal invariance; Newton-Cartan theory; conformal Newtonian spacetime | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. James Read | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2020 22:57 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2020 22:57 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 18128 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | 21 September 2020 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18128 |
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