Spacetime exhibits frictional or dissipative effects in certain general relativistic regimes
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Recent theoretical frameworks in general relativity and emergent gravity suggest that spacetime can exhibit frictional or dissipative effects, such as gravitational wave attenuation or vacuum viscosity, particularly in cosmological or quantum regimes.
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Cosmic Elastic Theory: Cosmic Acceleration and General Relativity as Local Phase-Transition Phenomena in a Causal Thermodynamic Spacetime
2025 · cited by 0
Proposes a thermodynamic interpretation of spacetime where an active medium dissipates energy through geometric friction.
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Viscoelastic Emergent Gravity: Quantum Dissipation and Attenuation of Gravitational Waves
2025 · cited by 0
Extends general relativity via viscoelastic models incorporating quantum dissipative corrections and gravitational wave damping.
A Covariant Phenomenological Framework for Gravity: Emergent Pressure from Vacuum Dilatancy in a Relativistic Viscous Continuum
2025 · cited by 0
Presents a relativistic viscous continuum framework where vacuum dilatancy introduces dissipative stress tensors and wave phase damping.