Pseudo-tensors:
***! Pseudo-tensors are not invariant! Jesus Christ doesn't that defeat the whole point?
Gravity:
Ok is it or isn't it an EM wave. The best explanation is from this quote:
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Einstein argued that all energy has mass, and all mass acts gravitationally. Does "gravitational energy" itself act as a source of gravity? Now, the Einstein field equations are
Gmu,nu = 8pi Tmu,nu
Here Gmu,nu is the Einstein curvature tensor, which encodes information about the curvature of spacetime, and Tmu,nu is the so-called stress-energy tensor, which we will meet again below. Tmu,nu represents the energy due to matter and electromagnetic fields, but includes NO contribution from "gravitational energy". So one can argue that "gravitational energy" does NOT act as a source of gravity. On the other hand, the Einstein field equations are non-linear; this implies that gravitational waves interact with each other (unlike light waves in Maxwell's (linear) theory). So one can argue that "gravitational energy" IS a source of gravity.
Gmu,nu = 8pi Tmu,nu
Here Gmu,nu is the Einstein curvature tensor, which encodes information about the curvature of spacetime, and Tmu,nu is the so-called stress-energy tensor, which we will meet again below. Tmu,nu represents the energy due to matter and electromagnetic fields, but includes NO contribution from "gravitational energy". So one can argue that "gravitational energy" does NOT act as a source of gravity. On the other hand, the Einstein field equations are non-linear; this implies that gravitational waves interact with each other (unlike light waves in Maxwell's (linear) theory). So one can argue that "gravitational energy" IS a source of gravity.
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Rela.../energy_gr.html (btw it's the guy that invented the crackpot rating system, so feel free to call him a nut, you might even score him.
curved-space time:
So if massive objects curve space time...which is really an oversimplification of the facts but close for conceptualization. Wouldn't this violate the law of least action(and perhaps the law of conservation of energy)?
If gravity works like a potential well and gravitational attraction is us 'filling' the lowest energy state. Wouldn't that imply that there is a higher field strength out side of the well..ie empty space has a field strength!!??