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Gravitational physics

nonlinear screening that suppresses extra gravitational degrees of freedom near massive sources, restoring general relativity locally.

In gravitational physics, Vainshtein mechanism refers to nonlinear screening that suppresses extra gravitational degrees of freedom near massive sources, restoring general relativity locally. This meaning comes from Vainshtein (1972) in Physics Letters B.[1]

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References

Vainshtein, A. I. (1972). To the problem of nonvanishing gravitation mass. Physics Letters B, 39(3), 393-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(72)90147-5

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