Cross section for capture of a particle by a spherically symmetric body and different types of finite motion in the relativistic theory of gravitation

Conclusions

It is clear that all properties of the metric (1) that can be formulated in the language of its invariants are identical when these properties are considered in general relativity and in the RTG. For example, the expressions for the cross section for capture of particles by a black hole in general relativity and a sufficiently compact body in the RTG are identical. Similarly, when we consider finite motion of particles in the RTG and in general relativity there are analogous sets of different types of motion of the particles (there is only the characteristic difference in the coordinate r characterized by the relation (6)).

We note that circular orbits in the gravitational field of a spherically symmetric body were considered in the framework of the RTG in [3], and it was found that these orbits exist for r>2 and are Lyapunov stable for r>5. A relation characterizing the Thomas precession identical to the corresponding expression obtained in general relativity was also obtained in [3]. Thus, differences between general relativity and the RTG can appear only in properties that are not formulated in the language of the invariants of the metric (1). Therefore, if, for example, we consider the problem of the scattering of a particle by a spherically symmetric compact body in the framework of the RTG and general relativity, then we cannot find a difference between the theories of gravitation, since the expressions for the capture cross sections are the same.