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Graduate Historical Lorentz Interpretation and SR
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Graduate Palatini f(R) gravity and the variation
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Graduate Deriving Connection-Metric Relation from Palatini Formalism
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Graduate Resolving the Twin Paradox with Symmetry and LabVIEW
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Undergrad Software for General Relativity
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Undergrad Can Earth be considered an inertial reference frame?
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Undergrad Gravitational Dilation of Time
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Graduate Time Dilation vs Differential Aging
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High School I don't get the Theory of Relativity
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Graduate Both positive and negative curvature?
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Graduate Is my understanding of relativity correct?
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Graduate Relativity of simultaneity question
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Graduate Continuity/Locality and Discreteness/Nonlocality
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Graduate Gravitational energy-momentum tensor
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Graduate How does a black hole know how big it should be?
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Graduate Einstein's special relativity beyond the speed of light
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Graduate Photon Velocity: Is the Real Path of Light Straight?
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Undergrad What Inspired Einstein to Develop the Concept of Spacetime?
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Graduate Do Photons Have Mass? - Debate & Questions
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High School Why c2 (speed of light squared)?
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Graduate Gravitational Lensing Q: Angle Deflection Sun/Earth?
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Graduate Length of Motionless Space-Time: Meaning and Calculation
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Where to Find "The Theory of Special Relativity" - Tom
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Graduate Do different reference frames agree with total energy?
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Graduate Restricting RMS Speed of Molecules to Comply with Relativity
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Graduate Einstein tensor with the cosmological constant present.
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Graduate Can Angular Momentum Be Converted to Mass in Photons?
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Graduate Is the Alcubierre Drive the Future of Faster-Than-Light Space Travel?
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Undergrad Travelling faster than speed of light
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Graduate Can the Alcubierre Drive Work Without Exotic Matter?
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Graduate Does Gravity Swirl? Why? Researching the Truth
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Graduate LHC and partical decay - time question -
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Undergrad Difference between the special and general relativity
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Undergrad What's the difference between Lorentz factor for frames and for particles?
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Graduate Can Two Different Coordinate Systems Explain the Zero Relative Speed of Light?
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Graduate Three dimensional gravity paradox
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Graduate Quantum gravity - Planck's constant as a scalar field?
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Graduate How Does the Topology of Spacetimes Influence the Structure of Curved Manifolds?
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Undergrad When moving at the speed of light time stops
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Graduate Killing vectors and Geodesic equations for the Schwarschild metric.
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Undergrad Why is Time DILATION Called Time DILATION?
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Graduate What is the challenge in defining mass in general relativity?
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Graduate Rotating Flat Spacetime in Minkowski Metric
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Graduate IYPT question on gravity wells and usage of elastic space.
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Graduate Tensors Notation - Summation Convention - meaning of (a_ij)*(a_ij)
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Graduate Issue with deriving the Lorentz Factor
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Graduate Direct Measurement of Gravitational Wave Velocity
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Graduate Finding v(t) at high speeds with F constant
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Undergrad Gravitational Potential & Field: Doubts & Solutions
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Graduate What is the stress-energy-momentum tensor and its role in general relativity?
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Graduate What is the Superpotential Tensor in Teleparallel Gravity?
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Graduate Logic of GR as mathematically derived
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Graduate Understanding why Einstein found Maxwell's electrodynamics not relativistic
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Graduate The Energy-Momentum Tensor
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Graduate Relativity of Simultaneity concept
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Undergrad Does My Wrist Watch Physically Beat Slower?
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Graduate Parallel transporting of a vector in curved space
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Graduate Area of event horizon and irreversible mass of Kerr black hole
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Graduate Gravitational time dilation and special relativity time dilation
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Graduate Unable derive mass as Resnick \& Halliday describe it
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Graduate Can Time Dilation Make Earth Appear to Speed Up During a Twin Paradox Scenario?
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Graduate Equivalence Principle and Gravity
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Graduate Is Brian Cox right to claim that Gravity is a strong force for large masses?
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Graduate Does SR preserve the direction of light?
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Undergrad Do Charged Particles Exhibit Stronger Gravitational Fields?
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Graduate How does mass gain at high velocities affect acceleration and inertia?
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Graduate Distance Measures: Computing in RA α, DEC δ & Redshift Z
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Undergrad Why Does Space Contract When Approaching the Speed of Light?
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Graduate Theory of Relativity, a poor name?
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Graduate Can Something Travel Faster Than Light in Different Frames of Reference?
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Graduate Find tetrad component from metric
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Graduate Black Holes - the two points of view.
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Graduate From field equation to equation of motion
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Graduate Defining Special Frame: Math & Limitations of Preferred Frames in BM
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Graduate Equation of state in gravity vs microphysics
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Graduate Empirical meaning of relativity in the context of QM
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Graduate Comparing Newton & Einstein's Gravity: What Makes GR Better?
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Graduate Einstein-Hilbert term and mass, gravity
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Graduate Is the Graviton Necessary for Gravity in Light of Higgs Field Discoveries?
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Graduate Universal Central Observer: Doubling Speed of Light Separation
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Undergrad Hafele and Keating time dilation question
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Graduate How can the equation E^2=(mc^2)^2+(pc)^2 be proven?
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Graduate Physical explanation of velocity time dilation
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Graduate Could Quantum Geons Achieve Stability Like Bohr Atoms?
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Graduate Quantum wave equations in curved space
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Graduate Can we describe the physics of a photon in an inertial reference frame?
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Graduate Q: "Time Dilation: Faster = Longer Wait?
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Roy Kerr awarded Einstein Medal
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Undergrad Gravity and ideas of how we can effect it on earth
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Graduate Centrifugal Acceleration GR: Formula for .8c, 1m Radius
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Graduate Is time quantum at the microscopic level?
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Graduate Second order expansion of metric in free-fall
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Graduate Which direction does boosted spin point?
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Graduate Is dτ Invariant Under Transformations Beyond Lorentz in Special Relativity?
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Graduate How Does the Twin Paradox Change With Beacons?
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Undergrad Is Mass a Form of Energy According to E = mc²?
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Graduate A thought experiment on relativistic Electrostatics
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Graduate Overlapping observable universes
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Graduate Surface gravity calculation, where am I wrong?
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Graduate Angled light path in moving clock
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