Action Functional of General Relativity as a Path Length. I. Closed Empty Universes

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 2774-2783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Gowdy
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Path Length ◽  
Action Functional

Scalar fields in generalized theories of gravity: Limit to general relativity

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 2040006
Author(s):  
Piret Kuusk
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Einstein Gravity ◽  
Scalar Tensor Theory ◽  
Action Functional ◽  
Tensor Theory ◽  
General Action ◽  
Theories Of Gravity ◽  
Theory Of Gravitation ◽  
Special Case

The general action functional for a scalar-tensor theory of gravitation without derivative couplings is considered together with its special case of the Brans–Dicke theory. The aim of the paper is to clarify the problem of anomalous limit of the Brans–Dicke to the Einstein gravity.

General Relativity

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Hobson ◽  
G. P. Efstathiou ◽  
A. N. Lasenby
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity

The Effect of Path Length and Display Size on Memory for Spatial Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Guérard ◽  
Sébastien Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Path Length ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Recall Performance ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Length Effect ◽  
Serial Memory ◽  
Fixed Reference ◽  
A Minor

In serial memory for spatial information, some studies showed that recall performance suffers when the distance between successive locations increases relatively to the size of the display in which they are presented (the path length effect; e.g., Parmentier et al., 2005) but not when distance is increased by enlarging the size of the display (e.g., Smyth & Scholey, 1994). In the present study, we examined the effect of varying the absolute and relative distance between to-be-remembered items on memory for spatial information. We manipulated path length using small (15″) and large (64″) screens within the same design. In two experiments, we showed that distance was disruptive mainly when it is varied relatively to a fixed reference frame, though increasing the size of the display also had a small deleterious effect on recall. The insertion of a retention interval did not influence these effects, suggesting that rehearsal plays a minor role in mediating the effects of distance on serial spatial memory. We discuss the potential role of perceptual organization in light of the pattern of results.

Generation of cosmological flows in General Relativity

2012 ◽  
Vol 182 (8) ◽  
pp. 894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Lukash ◽  
Elena V. Mikheeva ◽  
Vladimir N. Strokov
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity
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