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Space, time and elementary interactions in relativity

FEB 01, 1969
To express in a unified formalism all the interactions of matter, ranging from the elementary particles to astronomical bodies, we should begin with a simple study of the concepts of Einstein’s space—time.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3035402

Mendel Sachs

A REASONABLE COURSE of investigation in fundamental physics should fully exploit Einstein’s approach to the meaning of space—time; it would proceed by exploring, in a unified way, the predictions of generalized equations of general relativity that would encompass in one formalism all of the domains of interaction—from fermis to light years.

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  1. 1. M. Sachs, Nuovo Cimento 53B, 398 (1968).https://doi.org/NCIAAT

  2. 2. M. Sachs, Nuovo Cimento 55B, 199 (1968).https://doi.org/NCIAAT

  3. 3. K. W. Chen, A. Cone, J. Dunning, N. F. Ramsey, J. K. Walker, R. Wilson, in Nucleon Structure, eds. R. Hofstadter, L. I. Schiff, Stanford University Press (1964), p. 55.

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Mendel Sachs, State University of New York, Buffalo.

© 1969 American Institute of Physics
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