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Phys. Rev. D 25, 3191–3194 (1982)

Gravitational repulsion in the Schwarzschild field

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Charles H. McGruder, III
Department of Physics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, West Africa

Received 8 April 1981; revised 16 December 1981; published in the issue dated 15 June 1982

To the distant observer, who uses measuring instruments not affected by gravity, gravitational repulsion can occur anywhere in the Schwarzschild field. It depends on the relationship between the transverse and radial Schwarzschild velocities. On the other hand, local observers, whose measuring instruments are affected by gravity, cannot detect a positive value for the acceleration of gravity.

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