On the energy of Schwarzschild spacetime with the post-Newtonian approximation

Abstract

With the post-Newtonian approxination, the energy of Schwarzschild spacetime in the Weinberg prescription is obtained. The energy for the first post-Newtonian approximation $E^{(1)}=m$ gives the Newtonian treatment of Schwarzschild spacetime. However, for the second post-Newtonian approximation, the erergy is shown that $E^{(1)}$ adds extra terms $E^{(2)}$ which consist of the energy stored in the configuration $E_{\mathrm{config}}$, in the gravitational field $E_{\mathrm{field}}$. and a term of surface integral. These extra terms gives post-Newtonian corrections to the Newtonian treatment.

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