Newtonian limit of Nordstrom gravity ($\varphi =1+\Phi ,\Delta \Phi =4\pi \rho$)

For a weak, nearly static conformal factor in Nordstrom theory of gravitation, the trace of the dust stress-energy tensor is negative in signature $(-+++)$, so its scalar field equation reduces to the Poisson equation for the Newtonian gravitational potential. The geodesic equation for a conformally flat metric gives $\ddot{\mathbf{x}}=-\nabla \Phi$ at small speeds. The constant one in $\varphi$ has no effect on the force.