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Pandres has shown that an enlargement of the covariance group to the group of conservative transformations leads to a richer geometry than that of general relativity. Using orthonormal tetrads as field variables, the fundamental geometric object is the curvature vector denoted by \(C_\mu \). From an appropriate scalar Lagrangian field equations for both free-field and the field with sources have been developed. We first review models which use a free-field solution to model the Solar System and why these results are unacceptable. We also show that the standard Schwarzschild metric is also unacceptable in our theory. Finally we show that there are solutions which involve sources which agree with general relativity PPN parameters and thus approximate the Schwarzschild solution. The main difference is that the Einstein tensor is not identically zero but includes small values for the density, radial pressure and tangential pressure. Higher precision experiments should be able to determine the validity of these models. These results add further confirmation that the theory developed by Pandres is the fundamental theory of physics.
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The author is deeply thankful for the long-time collaboration with Professor Dave Pandres, Jr., who began this work and who passed away in August 2017. The author also thanks Peter Musgrave, Denis Pollney and Kayll Lake for the GRTensorII software package which was very helpful. The author thanks the University of North Georgia for travel support.
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Green, E.L. Model of a solar system in the conservative geometry. Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 68 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02721-y
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