Name: Fred I Cooperstock
Email: cooperstock@phys.uvic.ca
Affiliation: University of Victoria, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy


Title:
Energy and Gravity


Abstract:
The problem of energy and its localization in general relativity is almost as
old as GR itself. I will give a brief introduction to the problem, and make a
comparison with electromagnetism. I will bring in the role of gravity in
contributing to the energy of a system as expressed by the Tolman integral.
The variation of the Tolman integral could be seen as a necessary condition
for the loss of energy of a body during a dynamic wave- emitting phase. I
will briefly show what is required to track this variation as applied to the
classic Eddington spinning rod.