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 Physical meaning of a spacelike geodesic
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Graduate Can a conformal flat metric be curved?
- Kurvature
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Undergrad Radiate Single Charged Particle: Free Fall in Black Hole?
- accdd
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Undergrad Distance Contraction: Is D or D*sqrt(1-(v/c)^2) Traveled?
- Kairos
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Insights Rindler Motion in Special Relativity: Hyperbolic Trajectories - Comments
- stevendaryl
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Graduate Generalize Special Relativity for Flat Spacetime
- Ans
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Undergrad Gravitoelectromagnetism: Why Equation Differs in Sources
- olgerm
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Graduate Affine Spaces and Vector Spaces
- vanhees71
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High School Gravitational Time Dilation on Mountaintops: New Member Questions
- jeepdriver74
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High School Length, Time, and Velocity -- Which are fundamental quantities?
- Keith Koenig
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Undergrad Effects of Supermassive Black Hole Merger on Nearby Bodies
- Hornbein
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Undergrad Is Acceleration an Invariant? (Taylor & Wheeler)
- Freixas
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Undergrad Cat Chasing Red Dot Faster Than c: Results & Analysis
- Halc
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Undergrad Difference between proper time and coordinate time
- Silviu
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Undergrad Length contraction in General Relativity
- knowwhatyoudontknow
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Graduate Wald's Abstract Index Notation: Explaining T^{acde}_b
- madsmh
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High School Why are gravitons needed to explain gravitational attraction?
- lukegregor
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Undergrad Spacetime Curvature via Triangle
- Narasoma
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Undergrad Defining the components of a metric
- Pencilvester
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High School Simple reasoning that the equivalence principle suggests curvature
- luinthoron
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High School Build a Time Dilation Clock for 8th Grade Science Project
- Dc2LightTech
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Undergrad Wilbert Zweistein's Objection to Equivalence Principle
- ergospherical
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Undergrad Index Gymnastics: Tensor Product of 4-Vectors & Tensors
- Milsomonk
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Undergrad Can a Basis Vector be Lightlike?
- cianfa72
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Undergrad Can time run backwards in an accelerating frame?
- Gumby The Green
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High School Ride Gravitational Waves to Increase Speed?
- wcivch
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Graduate Proving $g(u,v)≠0$ with Linear Independence
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High School Does this thought experiment show that Space must be curved?
- peterraymond
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Undergrad Differences b/w Schwarzschild Radius & Event Horizon
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Undergrad Schwarzschild Metric & Particle Absorption
- accdd
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Undergrad Rindler Wedge: Timelike or Spacelike? Intuition & Light Cone
- knowwhatyoudontknow
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Undergrad Energy conditions and non-physical phenomena
- accdd
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High School Black Hole Event Horizon: Atom Effects & Wave Detection
- accdd
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High School Why is the BH Information Paradox Called a Paradox?
- Grinkle
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Graduate Relation of Electromagnetic Field & Field Tensor
- carpinus
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High School How Can We Observe Black Holes Growing?
- mef
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Undergrad Is a Flat, Expanding Universe Compatible with GR and Newtonian Mechanics?
- Pony
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High School Rotation of Galaxies: Mass vs Dark Matter?
- accdd
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High School Gravity-like Force: Is Another Force Weaker Than Gravity?
- accdd
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Graduate Comparing Gullstrand-Painleve & Lemaitre Coordinates
- PAllen
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Undergrad GR: Practical Problem Sets w/ Solutions
- zwoodrow
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Undergrad Is there really nothing faster than light?
- SvenDahlhaus
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High School Energy Conservation w/ Charged Battery Time Travel
- Lars Krogh-Stea
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Undergrad Black Hole: Knock on the horizon
- mef
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Undergrad What is the Meaning of Lagrangian in Special Relativity?
- jbergman
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Graduate Anti-self Dual Part (2,2) Riemann Curvature Tensor
- abhinavabhatt
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High School Gravitational Lensing: Magnification of Galaxies
- Mikael17
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Undergrad Applying Reisenbach Transf. to EM Wave in Microwave Oven
- wnvl2
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Undergrad How to Measure Speed of Light & Is It Constant?
- mef
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Undergrad Gravitomagnetic Experiment: Possibility & Calculations
- olgerm
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Undergrad Time Travel in Newtonian Spacetime: Is it Possible?
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Undergrad Comparing Clock Rates in Accelerated vs Constant Velocity Frames
- Freixas
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High School Can Accelerate at Constant g in Own FoR?
- S Holtom
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Undergrad Ideal Fluids & General Relativity: Why Needed?
- accdd
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High School Galilean vs Lorentz Transformations: Correct Understanding?
- David Lewis
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Undergrad How Does Time Dilation Affect the Twin Paradox in Special Relativity?
- sennetor
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Undergrad Constant Velocity Motion in Relativity: Radiation Effects?
- accdd
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Undergrad Isotropy of the speed of light
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Undergrad General Relativity: Is it Local?
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Undergrad Deriving Special Relativity from Particle Indistinguishability
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Undergrad Gravitational vs. Electromagnetic Waves: What's the Difference?
- accdd
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High School Creating Artificial Black Hole: Force Requirements
- Devin-M
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High School Robert Wald's General Relativity: Energy-Momentum Relation
- carpinus
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Undergrad Proof of Special Relativity w/ Michelson–Morley Experiment
- FMJalink
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Graduate Alcubierre Metric: York Time Cause and Effect
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Undergrad Light speed independent of source
- Martyn Arthur
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Undergrad Understand Poynting Density of Flow of Energy w/Weak Physics Background
- Mike Karr
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High School Frequency of Gravitational Waves: Limit & Possibilities
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Graduate Does Spacetime Absorb Energy in General Relativity?
- Suekdccia
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Graduate MTW Gravitation: Exercise 5.1 | Beginner GR Stress-Energy Tensor Symmetry
- Mike Karr
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Undergrad Relative Motion vs. 'Relative' Acceleration: Twin 1 & 2
- Martyn Arthur
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Undergrad Reichenbach Synchronisation: Proving i=r
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Undergrad A paradox for two moving protons?
- FranzDiCoccio
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Graduate Local phase invariance of complex scalar field in curved spacetime
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High School General Relativity: Action & Reaction in Gravitation
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Undergrad About global inertial frames in GR
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High School Creating a Wormhole: Process & Theory
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High School Can Push Travel Faster Than Light?
- PCNerdz
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Undergrad Gravity on the Moon vs. on the spinning Earth
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High School Gravity vs Acceleration: The Impact on Clocks in Reference Frame R
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Undergrad Why does a body at rest move if Gravity is not a force?
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High School Gravitational Force acting on a massless body
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Undergrad Relativity paradox: rocket landing in a cylinder
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Undergrad Deriving Lorentz Transformations: Hyperbolic Functions
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Undergrad Discussing General Relativity - Beliefs & Ideas
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High School A difficulty with the equivalence of all inertial reference frames
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High School Black Hole Entropy: Basis of Logarithm Explored
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Graduate Energy-Momentum Tensor for 2-Body Problem: Approach
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High School Can You Become a Black Hole from Approaching Light Speed?
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Undergrad Understanding Lorentz Factor & Proper Time Invariance
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Graduate What is the Expression for the Waveform of an In-Spiralling Compact Binary?
- ergospherical
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Undergrad Computing Volume in General Relativity: Use of Tensor & Friedmann Eqns
- Tertius
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Undergrad Understanding Gravity with GR: Beginner's Guide by Aerodyn
- Aerodyn
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Undergrad Does Lorentz invariance imply Einstein's synchronization convention?
- cianfa72
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Insights Understanding the General Relativity view of gravity on Earth - Comments
- Dale
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Graduate Special Relativity: A^μ_ν Differences Explained
- LagrangeEuler
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Undergrad Can Gravity Escape a Black Hole?
- Vandenburg
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Undergrad Proper Time & 4-vectors: Clarification Needed
- e2m2a
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Undergrad Is a Manifold with a Boundary Considered a True Manifold?
- Dale
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Undergrad Curved space and gravitational waves
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