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Graduate Contracting Tensors: Why G^αβ?
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Graduate Is There an Error in the GR Problem? Join the Discussion!
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Graduate How Liouville's theorem applies to gravitationally deflected light?
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Graduate Gravitational Time Dilation and Twin Paradox ?'s
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Graduate Why do photons have momentum yet no mass?
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Graduate The Pioneer effect and Spacecraft flyby anomaly
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Graduate A few questions about light and relativistic effects
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Graduate Antisymmetric and symmetric part of a general tensor
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Graduate New paradox in special relativity?
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Graduate Special relativity from the frame of refrence of photon
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Graduate Mathematics of MTW gravitation.
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Graduate A diff-invariant 1+1d QFT with divergent central charge?
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Graduate Simple question on Gravito - Magnetism inside Shell
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Undergrad Can you explain how time is not constant?
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Graduate G's Guide to GR on Banach Spaces
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Graduate SR Effects on Interstellar Probe: Can Messages Return in 50 Years?
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Graduate Power Series from MTW 19.1: Explained?
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Graduate Understanding Null Energy Condition & Friedmann Equations
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Graduate Do GPS Clocks Really Run Slower Than Earth Clocks Due to Time Dilation?
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Graduate 19th-century constraints on properties of the aether
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Graduate Gravitation in N+1 Dimensional Flat Space
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Graduate I know that nothing can exceed the speed of light, but
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Graduate Unraveling the Mystery of Inertia: The Search for its Origin
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Undergrad Why is the theory of relativity a theory?
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Graduate A special point in special relativity
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Graduate Experiment on mass of a photon
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Graduate Gravity & Magnetism: How Mass Interacts with Space-Time?
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Graduate No definite viewpoint for the accelerating traveler?
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Graduate Why is the EH of a BH considered to be expanding at c?
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Graduate Solving a Momentum Question: Struggling with Simple Cons?
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Graduate Is Dingle's Critique of the Lorentz Transform Valid?
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Graduate Does Relativistic Mass Affect Weight and Gravity?
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Graduate How to manipulate the determinant of metric tensor?
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Graduate Length contraction problem of right angled triangle
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Graduate Implications of the statement Acceleration is not relative
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Graduate Does the relativity of simultaneity imply a sort of determinism?
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Graduate Lorentz Transforms: Question About Inverting LT Frames
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Graduate What do we mean by pure gravity
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Graduate What is the Physical Meaning of Gravitational Wave Detection?
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Graduate List of Special Relativity Paradoxes.
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Graduate A problem from Sean Carroll's about Killing vectors
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Graduate Conflicting Transverse Doppler Shift Equations?
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Graduate Kinetic Energy Transfer in Relativity: A Puzzler
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Graduate Twin clocks-is it acceleration?
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Graduate Why Does Rotating the Michelson-Morley Apparatus Change the Time Delay?
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Graduate Cherenkov Radiation in Vacuum: Can Superluminal Particles Emit Light?
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Graduate Light energy, just like time, is relative?
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Graduate Gravity is a limitless supply of energy to inflaton field
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Graduate Does the Starting Point Influence Time Dilation Observations?
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Graduate Resolving the Twin Paradox in Relativity
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Graduate Varying with respect to vierbein
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The Secrets of Time Travel to the Past: A Comprehensive Guide
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Graduate No privileged frame of reference
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Graduate Definition of Inertial Frame in GR: Math Explained
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Graduate Varying determinant of a metric
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Graduate Contracting Tensors: g^{\mu\nu}g_{\mu\nu}=4 & T
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Graduate Relativity Paradox: Is Moving at Speed of Light Possible?
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Graduate Does a free falling charge radiate ?
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Graduate Killing Vectors (question on Problem)
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Graduate Time Dilation in Spinning Cylinder Room: Can We Break the Speed of Light?
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Graduate Is the Twin Paradox a Logical Mistake in Time Dilation and Relativity?
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Graduate Can Metrics Reveal Flat Spaces Without Computing the Riemann Tensor?
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Undergrad Can Matter Waves Travel Faster Than Light?
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Graduate I'm A Beginner: Relativity & The Human Mind
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Graduate Theory of Relativity VS. Relativity to placement
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Graduate Gravity question: force vs spacetime curvature
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Graduate Two observers. One closer to an event horizon.
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Graduate Different Clock Rates Throughout Accelerating Spaceship
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Graduate Is Poincare wrong about no preferred geometry?
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Graduate If I acclerate and observe a photon, do I see the spin of the photon changing?
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Graduate Where do you think a black hole leads to, or what is inside of one?
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Graduate Light clock with spaceship moving vertical at .99c
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Graduate Faster velocity than the speed of light?
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Graduate Time and space travel at light speed
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Graduate Spacetime diagram - Twin paradox
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Graduate Does the magnetic field in relativity move at the same speed as the magnet?
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Graduate Defining a Family of Observers: Textbook Reference Needed
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Graduate Do forces compose/superpose in special relativity?
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Graduate Einstein postulates and the speed of light
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Graduate Does the twin paradox hold true for particles as well?
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Graduate Logical Proof That Black Holes Can't Exist
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Graduate Can someone confirm that this is how time dilation works?
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Graduate Is a Black Hole a Wormhole According to Poplawski's Theory?
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Graduate Understanding the Principle of Equivalence: A Closer Look
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Graduate Need help understanding this math
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Graduate Why is the Reissner-Nordstrom Metric Not Considered a Vacuum Solution?
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Graduate Testing Equivalence Principle: Prying Gravity From Inertia
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Undergrad Animated Gravity : Einstein vs. Newton
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Graduate Is the growth of black holes paradoxical?
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Graduate Understand Special Relativity and Time paradox
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Graduate How does the event horizon of a blackhole know how to behave?
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Undergrad Is E=mc2 About Converting Mass to Energy?
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Graduate Help with Problem on Bekenstein Bound
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Graduate Gravitation: Curvature- vs -particles
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Graduate Frame of reference question about equivalence principle
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Graduate Time slowing down for someone traveling just under the speed of light
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Graduate Simultaneous events - special relativity
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Graduate Shining a laser out of a train - What does the stationary
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Undergrad Frames of reference for speed?
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Graduate AdS4 Radius & Cosmological Constant: Is n Relevant?
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