The fluctuating gravitational field in inhomogeneous and clustered self-gravitating systems. Abstract. In this paper I extend the results of Ahmad & Cohen (1973), regarding the study of the probability distribution of the stochastic force in homogeneous gravitational systems, to inhomogeneous gravitational ones. To this aim, I study the stochastic force distribution using N-body realizations of...

Gravitational field in general relativity is a manifestation of spacetime curvature and (unlike the electromagnetic field) is not a force field. A body falling toward the Earth is represented by a geodesic worldline which means that no force is acting on it. If a body is on the Earth’s surface, however, its worldline is no longer geodesic and it is subjected to a force. The nature of that force...

Gravitational field in general relativity is a manifestation of spacetime curvature and (unlike the electromagnetic field) is not a force field. A body falling toward the Earth is represented by a geodesic worldline which means that no force is acting on it. If a body is on the Earth’s surface, however, its worldline is no longer geodesic and it is subjected to a force. The nature of that force...