The Gravitational Polarization in General Relativity: Solution to Szekeres' Model of Quadrupole Polarization

Abstract

A model for the static weak-field macroscopic medium is analyzed and the equation for the macroscopic gravitational potential is derived. This is a biharmonic equation which is a non-trivial generalization of the Poisson equation of Newtonian gravity. In case of the strong gravitational quadrupole polarization it essentially holds inside a macroscopic matter source. Outside the source the gravitational potential fades away exponentially. The equation is equivalent to a system of the Poisson equation and the nonhomogeneous modified Helmholtz equations. The general solution to this system is obtained by using Green's function method and it does not have a limit to Newtonian gravity. In case of the insignificant gravitational quadrupole polarization the equation for macroscopic gravitational potential becomes the Poisson equation with the matter density renormalized by the factor including the value of the quadrupole gravitational polarization of the source. The general solution to this equation obtained by using Green's function method has a limit to Newtonian gravity.

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