Direct correspondence between Newtonian gravitation and general relativity
arXiv:2306.12253 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.L101502
Abstract
We present a strategy to obtain equations of general relativity for an irrotational dust continuum within a flow-orthogonal foliation of spacetime from the equations of Newtonian gravitation, and vice versa, without employing a weak field expansion or a limiting process on the speed of light. We argue that writing Newton's equations in a Lagrangian frame and relaxing integrability of vector gradients is sufficient to obtain equations that are identical to Einstein's equations in (3+1)-form when respecting the Lorentzian signature of the time parametrization. We discuss implications and provide an outlook on how to extend the obtained correspondence to more general spacetimes.
6 pages; matches published version in PRD Letters
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