An invariant formalism is developed for a two-body system in a flat spacetime interacting by the exchange of particles of zero proper mass. A solution, to second order, of the equations of motion is obtained. The principle of equivalence is applied to study the motion of a system of particles in a uniform gravitational field. The equations of motion are then generalized to a Riemannian spacetime and the acceleration of non-spinning point-particles in a gravitational field is briefly discussed. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/36482 |
| Date | January 1967 |
| Creators | Hamilton, John Dwayne |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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