Thursday, August 30, 2018

gravity - How to get "massless" equation of motion from the action of Nordstrom scalar field theory?


There is Nordstrom theory of the particle moving in a scalar field φ(x): S=meφ(x)ηαβdxαdλdxβdλdλ.

How to get the equation of motion for massless objects? In this case I may introduce new parameter ηαβdxαdλdxβdλdλ=dτm.


But when I try to derive (like this way) the equations of motion, I get αφ=m2ddτ(uαeφ)eφ.

Unfortunately, this equation doesn't predict the absense of deflection of light. But Nordstrom theory really predicts the deflection of light. So where is the mistake in my reasoning?


Addition.



I got the mistake. By introducing new parameter τ I must rewrite my equation in a form αφ=1m2ddτ(pαeφ)eφ.

So it really preficts no deflection of light.




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