The Role of Gravitation in Physics

Dean Rickles; Cécile M. DeWitt

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The Role of Gravitation in Physics

Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference

Dean Rickles, Cécile M. DeWitt (eds)

The Chapel Hill conference also marked the establishment of the Institute of Field Physics, directed by Bryce and Cécile DeWitt. The conference was the inaugural conference of this institute.

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In January 1957, a group of physicists from several countries met at the University of North Carolina to discuss the role of gravitation in physics. The program was divided into two broad sections: unquantized and quantized general relativity. The first section included a review of classical relativity, its experimental tests, the initial value problem, gravitational radiation, equations of motion, and unified field theory. The second section included a discussion of the motivation for quantization, the problem of measurement, and the actual techniques for quantization. In both sections the relationship of general relativity to fundamental particles was discussed. In addition there was a session devoted to cosmological questions. A large part of the discussions is reproduced in the present report in an abridged form, followed by a conference summary statement by P. G. Bergmann.
The Chapel Hill conference also marked the establishment of the Institute of Field Physics, directed by Bryce and Cécile DeWitt. The conference was the inaugural conference of this institute.

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 The Chapel Hill Conference in Context
Dean Rickles

2 The Authors

The Original Chapel Hill Report

Foreword
Cécile DeWitt

PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE

Session I Unquantized General Relativity Chairman: B. S. DeWitt

3 The Present Position of Classical Relativity Theory and Some of its Problems
John Wheeler

4 The Experimental Basis of Einstein's Theory
R. H. Dicke

Session II Unquantized General Relativity, Continued
Chairman: P. G. Bergmann

5 On the Integration of the Einstein Equations
André Lichnerowicz

6 Remarks on Global Solutions
C. W. Misner

7 Solving The Initial Value Problem Using Cartan Calculus
Y. Fourès

8 Some Remarks on Cosmological Models
R. W. Bass, L. Witten

Session III Unquantized General Relativity, Continued
Chairman: H. Bondi

9 Gravitational Waves
L. Marder, Presented by H. Bondi

10 Gravitational Field of an Axially Symmetric System
N. Rosen, H. Shamir, Presented by F. Pirani

11 The Dynamics of a Lattice Universe
R. W. Lindquist

Session IV Invited Reports on Cosmology Chairman: F. J. Belinfante

12 Measurable Quantities that May Enable Questions of Cosmology to be Answered
Thomas Gold

13 Radio Astronomical Measurements of Interest to Cosmology
A. E. Lilley

Session V Unquantized General Relativity, Concluded
Chairman: A. Lichnerowicz

14 Measurement of Classical Gravitation Fields
Felix Pirani

15 Correspondence in the Generalized Theory of Gravitation
Behram Kursunoglu

16 Presentation of Work by T. Taniuchi
Ryoyu Utiyama

17 Negative Mass in General Relativity
Hermann Bondi

Session VI Quantized General Relativity Chairman: J. A. Wheeler

18 The Problems of Quantizing the Gravitational Field
P. G. Bergmann

19 Conceptual Clock Models
H. Salecker

20 The Three-Field Problem
F. J. Belinfante

Session VII Quantized General Relativity, Continued Chairman: A. Schild

21 Quantum Gravidynamics
Bryce DeWitt

Session VIII Quantized General Relativity, Concluded Chairman: V. Bargmann

22 The Possibility of Gravitational Quantization

23 The Necessity of Gravitational Quantization

Closing Session Chairman: B. S. DeWitt

24 Divergences in Quantized General Relativity
S. Deser

25 Critical Comments
R. P. Feynman

26 Summary of Conference
P. G. Bergmann

27 An Expanded Version of the Remarks by R.P. Feynmanon the Reality of Gravitational Waves

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Babson, R.

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Bahnson, A.

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Bargmann, V.

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Bass, R.

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Belinfante, F. J.

`Muddified theory’

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Beltrami operator

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Bergmann, P. G.

Betti numbers

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Bianchi identities

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Birkhoff’s fundamental theorem

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Bondi, H.

Born-Infeld theory

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Brill, D.R.

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Buckingham, M. J.

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Cartan calculus

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Cauchy Problem

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Christoffel symbols

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Classification of 3-manifolds

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Classification of metrics

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Clock models

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Commutation relations

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Cosmology

Cosmological Principle

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Cyclic cosmology

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experimental

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Coupling constants

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Cygnus A

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Cylindrical symmetry

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Davis, W. R.

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Debever, R.

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Deser, S.

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DeWitt, B. S.

Dimensionless numbers

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Dirac, P. A. M.

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Dirichlet problem

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Distance measurements

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Eddington, A. S.

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Einstein-Rosen topology

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Eötvös experiment

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Equivalence Principle

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and anti-matter

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Ernst, F. J

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Ether drift

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Euler-Poincaré characteristic

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Feynman quantization

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Feynman, R. P.

Formation of Moon

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Fourès, Y.

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Friedman solution

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Functional integration

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Fundamental length

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Gauge theoretic constraints

Dirac's Theorem

1

Dirac's method

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Dirac’s method

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Fermi’s method

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Géhéniau, J.

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General covariance

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General relativity

analogy with electromagnetism

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and atomic clocks

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classic tests of

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divergences

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on a computer

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variational principle

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Geons

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thermal geons

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George Rideout

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Glenn Martin Company

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Global solutions

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Gold, T.

Goldberg, J.

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Gravitational waves

Gravity as a regulator

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Gravity Research Foundation

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Green's functions

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Green’s functions

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Gupta, S.

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Hodge’s theorem

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Hubble radius

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Hydrodynamical analogy

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Initial value problem

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Invariants of the Riemann tensor

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Involution property

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Isothermal coordinates

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Jansky, K.

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Kervaire, M.

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Komar, A.

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Kursunoglu, B.

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Lagrangian coordinates

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Lagrangian mesh

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Lamb shift

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Laurent, B.

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Lichnerowicz, A.

Lilley, A. E.

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Lindquist, R. W.

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Liquid Earth theory

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Local invariants

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Mach's Principle

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2

Measurability of the electromagnetic field

1

Measurement of gravitational field

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quantum limitations

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Misner, C. W.

Mjolsness, R.

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Møller, C.

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N

Natural coordinates

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Necessity of quantization of gravity

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3
4

Neutrinos

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connection to gravitons

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Newman, E. T.

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Non-simply connected universe

1

Non-symmetric theory of gravitation

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Parity violation

1

Particles as singularities

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Petrov’s classification

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Pirani, F. A. E.

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Planck length

1

Planck mass

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Pseudo-tensor formalism

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Q

Quadrupole

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Quantum field theory in curved spacetime

1

R

Rainich, Y.

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Regge, T.

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Regularity problem

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Renormalization

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RIAS, INC

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Rosen, N.

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Rosenfeld, L.

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Salecker, H.

Schild, A.

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Schiller, R. S.

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Schwarzschild solution

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Sciama, D.

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Singularity of propagator

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Spinors

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Steady-state theory

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Thom, R.

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Thought experiments

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dangers of

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Time-varying constants

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Tonnelat, M. A.

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Toy models

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True Observables

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Two-body problem

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Ultraviolet divergences

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Unified field theory

already unified field theory

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problem of other fields

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Utiyama, R.

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Vierbein

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Weber, J.

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Wheeler, J. A.

Wigner-Seitz approximation

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Witten, L.

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Wormholes

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Information

ISBN

978-3-945561-29-4

DOI

10.34663/9783945561294-00

Pages

300

Publication Date

Feb. 14, 2011

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The Role of Gravitation in Physics

Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference

A

Absorber theory of radiation

Age of Earth

Anderson, J. L.

Anthropic reasoning

B

Babson, R.

Bahnson, A.

Bargmann, V.

Bass, R.

Belinfante, F. J.

`Muddified theory’

Beltrami operator

Bergmann, P. G.

Betti numbers

Bianchi identities

Birkhoff’s fundamental theorem

Bondi, H.

Born-Infeld theory

Brill, D.R.

Buckingham, M. J.

C

Cartan calculus

Cauchy Problem

Christoffel symbols

Classification of 3-manifolds

Classification of metrics

Clock models

Commutation relations

Cosmology

Cosmological Principle

Cyclic cosmology

experimental

Coupling constants

Cygnus A

Cylindrical symmetry

D

Davis, W. R.

Debever, R.

Deser, S.

DeWitt, B. S.

Dimensionless numbers

Dirac, P. A. M.

Dirichlet problem

Distance measurements

E

Eddington, A. S.

Einstein-Rosen topology

Eötvös experiment

Equivalence Principle

and anti-matter

Ernst, F. J

Ether drift

Euler-Poincaré characteristic

F

Feynman quantization

Feynman, R. P.

Formation of Moon

Fourès, Y.

Friedman solution

Functional integration

Fundamental length

G

Gauge theoretic constraints

Dirac's Theorem

Dirac's method

Dirac’s method

Fermi’s method

Géhéniau, J.

General covariance

General relativity

analogy with electromagnetism

and atomic clocks

classic tests of

divergences

on a computer

variational principle

Geons