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Weak field limit and tests of a relativistic theory of gravity

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Static spherically-symmetric solutions to the linearized field equations of a generalized scalartensor theory of gravity are derived. The gravitational potential outside such a source is determined; it is found that this potential can have an intermediate range variation. The question of whether such an intermediate range variation would manifest itself in two experiments is addressed.

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  1. Jeffrey M. Cohen

    Present address: Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., USA

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Mustafa, E., Cohen, J.M. Weak field limit and tests of a relativistic theory of gravity. Astrophys Space Sci 193, 1–7 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01070195

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