Join in expert discussion on special and general relativity discussion. Relativity is the dependence of various physical phenomena on relative motion of the observer and the observed objects.
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Undergrad Cosmic Inflation Explained: Constant Velocity of Electromagnetic Radiation
- JonathanMFreedman
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Graduate Relativistic Relative Velocity Comp.: Bini, D. et al. (1995)
- More_anonymous
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High School Differences in Predictions between SR and LR?
- alexandrinushka
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Undergrad Spacetime interval and basic properties of light
- HansH
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Graduate Can discrete temporal symmetries exist in general relativity?
- Tertius
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Undergrad Understanding Simultaneity Through Male & Female Clocks Meeting
- Master Wayne
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Undergrad Karl Schwarzschild: Solving GR on the Eastern Front
- BWV
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Undergrad Effect of Black Hole Spin on Gravity
- BWV
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High School What Causes Mass to Exert Gravitational Pull?
- Palasta
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Graduate Solving Equation 15.43 Line 2 to 3 in Tevian Dray's Differential Forms
- gnnmartin
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Undergrad Spatially Homogeneous Scalar Field on Spacetime: Showing $\nabla^2 f$
- ergospherical
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Graduate (paper) Stability properties of Kerr BH's
- malawi_glenn
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Undergrad Being at the position of a singularity before it is formed
- HansH
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High School Can gravitational time dilation explain the galaxy rotation curve?
- sha1000
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Undergrad 4D d'Alembert Green's function for linearised metric
- ergospherical
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High School Andy Weir's "Hail Mary": Question About Relativistic Rocket
- GTOM
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High School Twin Paradox (3 objects version)
- h1a8
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Undergrad Calculating Particle Redshift at Time t_0 & t_1
- ergospherical
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Undergrad The Derivative Nature of Time and Its Relation to Earth's Rotation and Speed
- sumfor
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Undergrad Follow Up on M. LeBellac & J.M. Levy-Leblond's "Galilean Electromagnetism
- otennert
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Graduate What assumptions underly the Lorentz transformation?
- Ad VanderVen
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Undergrad How is proper time visualized in the FLRW metric's 4D spacetime geometry?
- Ennio
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Undergrad Only Minkowski or Galilei from Commutative Velocity Composition
- Sagittarius A-Star
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Undergrad Gravity Wave Speed: Deriving Constancy from Maxwell Eqs.
- Narasoma
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Undergrad Understanding Covariant and Partial Derivatives in General Relativity
- GR191511
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Undergrad Lorentz Transformation Derivation: Assumptions Req'd?
- Pencilvester
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High School Calculating Time Dilation w/ Light Clock - Implications & Mistakes?
- rgtr
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High School Cosmic Inflation & Censorship: Validation or Corrections?
- Le Tenie
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Undergrad What Happens Inside BH Event Horizon?
- kochanskij
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Undergrad Calculating Relative Change in Travel Time Due to Spacetime Perturbation
- cicero
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Undergrad Please help with my spacetime diagrams (relativity problem)
- student34
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High School Time: What We Read On The Clock?
- DanAil
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Undergrad Diagonal Matrix of Stress-Energy Tensor: Why?
- GR191511
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Undergrad Why Does Covariant Index Represent Partial Derivative in Special Relativity?
- GR191511
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Undergrad Conserved Quantity Along Affine Parameter
- Dale
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Undergrad Light Clock Relativity: Why Divide T_moving/T_stationary?
- rgtr
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Undergrad Question about Stress-Energy Tensor: A First Course in GR
- GR191511
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Graduate Is Gravity Just the Electrostatic Force?
- TruthSeeker777
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High School Can Particles Escape a Black Hole? The Hawking Radiation Improbability
- pforeman
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Undergrad Uniform gravitational field possible in GR?
- JandeWandelaar
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Graduate Connectedness of Boundary Points in Schwarzschild Penrose Chart
- PeterDonis
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Undergrad Why do we still say “the speed of light” instead of “c”?
- katakuri
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Undergrad Definition of "Physical Frame": All You Need To Know
- Vincentius
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Undergrad Is the concept of a one-way speed of light meaningful and measurable?
- Freixas
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High School Object Weight on Magnetar vs Neutron Star: Attract or Repel?
- kuartus4
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Graduate Special Relativity Fiber Bundle: R^3 & Lorentz Metric
- Thytanium
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Undergrad Speed of Light: Spaceship & Gravity Law Impact
- abdossamad2003
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Undergrad Why is Number-Flux Four-Vector Frame-Independent?
- GR191511
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Undergrad Velocity addition via k-calculus
- pervect
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High School Penrose Diag Black Hole: Riddle Me This
- sbaker8688
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Undergrad The Length of World Line: Prerequisite for Proper Time
- GR191511
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Graduate Britgrav Weyl Tensor Research: Find Paper Authors, Title & Accessibility
- gnnmartin
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Undergrad Why Is Minkowski Spacetime Non-Euclidean?
- Trysse
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Undergrad Weak principle of equivalence (Galileo, Newton)
- qnt200
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High School Does Mass Have Lasting Gravitational Effect Over Time?
- kyle1320
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Undergrad The Theoretical Minimum: Length Contraction and Time Dilation
- DavidBalut
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Graduate Units of Kerr Understanding Mass & Angular Momentum
- swampwiz
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High School Free Fall in Curved Spacetime: Does Minkowski Spacetime Exist?
- DanAil
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Undergrad Searching for "Why Is Minkowski Spacetime Non-Euclidean" by Cronkhite
- Trysse
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Undergrad Constraints on Lorentz Velocity Transformation
- alhuebel
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Undergrad Does Space Curvature Account for Gravity Between Individual Atoms?
- Martyn Arthur
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Undergrad Can Maxwell's Equations Explain Gravitation Through Retarded Wave Solutions?
- paige turner
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Graduate Schwarzschild Geometry: Evaluating Proper Distance
- kirkr
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High School Orthogonality in Minkowski Spacetime: Meaning & Visualization
- lindberg
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Undergrad Co-Moving Coordinates & Lapse Function N(t) in ADM Decomposition
- Tertius
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Undergrad Will a spherical mass be set in motion by a spherical shell rotating around it?
- JandeWandelaar
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High School Proving Reciprocity Of Time Dilation
- DanAil
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Undergrad Applying Velocity Addition in Rotating Frame: Is It Correct?
- lindberg
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Undergrad Shape Dynamics: How Can It Offer Same Predictions as GR & SR?
- lindberg
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Undergrad Questions concerning the geometry of spacetime
- student34
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High School Can Black Hole Gravity Be Overpowered?
- Picalilli
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Undergrad Relativistic Velocity Addition: Calculating Electron Speed
- lindberg
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Undergrad Does the Light's One/Two-Way Speed Distinction Mean Anything?
- Pony
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Undergrad Calculate Eigenvalues of Electromagnetic & Stress-Energy Tensors
- ergospherical
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Graduate Worked examples Cartan Formalism
- zwoodrow
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Graduate Relativistic Hydrodynamics Eqn for Perfect Fluid: Insight Needed
- Bruno Cardin
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Undergrad Why am I getting the wrong conclusion from my spacetime diagram?
- student34
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Undergrad Instrument Size & Wavelength: What's the Relationship?
- accdd
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Undergrad Raising & Lowering Indices: Q&A on Relativity
- GR191511
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High School Can a Planet Made of Glass Generate Free Energy?
- Pony
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Undergrad Potential Energy in Wormholes: Charged Particles & Electric Fields
- Haorong Wu
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High School Sagnac effect for matter beams
- alexandrinushka
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Undergrad Is the Killer Crate Paradox Resolved?
- Gamma Anon
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Undergrad Doppler Analysis of Twin Experiment: Valid Argument?
- Kairos
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Undergrad How Can Outward Normal Vector Point Inwards?
- GR191511
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Undergrad Einstein Definition of Simultaneity for Langevin Observers
- cianfa72
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Undergrad Infinite Frequencies & Extraterrestrial Signals: What Are We Missing?
- Spockishere
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Undergrad The Units of the Cosmological Constant: eV^2
- Safinaz
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Undergrad Simulating GR: Worth the Effort?
- accdd
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Undergrad Fermi-Walker Transport: History & 1932 Paper
- facenian
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High School Time Dilation & Muon De Broglie Wavelength: Explained
- bobdavis
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High School What Does Hawking Mean by Negative Energy at the Big Bang?
- Physics Slayer
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High School Parallel light reflection for a one-way speed of light measurement setup
- OWSOL
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Undergrad Kronecker Delta: Order of Indices Explained
- Jim Lai
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High School Travel 7 Light Years at 50000km/s - How Long?
- Spockishere
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Undergrad Is Time Dilation Just a Misunderstanding of Clock Errors?
- paul1365
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High School Time Dilation on Rotating Disk: Clocks on Disk Perspective
- Thadriel
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High School General Relativity & Ether: Clarifying a Contradiction?
- DanAil
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Graduate Curvature & Connection Without Metric
- pervect
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Undergrad Energy Density in E Field: Does it Contribute to Inertial Mass?
- Will Learn
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