Special and General Relativity Forum

Graduate Absolute light speed or velocity or both?

Graduate Time dilation where there is no net gravity?

Graduate Gravitational Waves: Do They Bend Like Light?

Graduate Different acceleration in an accelerating rocket?

Undergrad In Ensteins theroy of gravity.when a cannon ball is fired up,it

Graduate Einstein's Field Equation: 4D Spacetime & Cosmological Constant

Graduate Can You Get a Cosmic Tan from Lights Across the Universe?

Graduate Straight line through spacetime.

Graduate Torsion and the conservation of angular momentum

Graduate A clever cosmologist refutes relativity

Graduate Why relativistic momentum appears not conserved across frames

Graduate Relativistic Effects: When to Consider v/c Ratios

Graduate Why isn't the Cotton tensor identical zero?

Graduate How can we use differential geometry to improve our understanding of SR?

Graduate Motion and the Warping of Space

Graduate Relative speed of light paradox

Undergrad Relativity & Heat: Does Speed Increase Heat Needed?

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Graduate Gravity speed vs light speed experiment

Graduate Acceleration inside an event horizon

Graduate A ambiguous variation of Einstein-Hilbert action

Graduate Length contraction (objects & space or objects only)

Graduate Time Dilation/Proper Time Question

Graduate Vacuum solutions, and Explicit source terms

Graduate Trying to understand linear frame dragging

Graduate Derivation of Relativistic Momentum

Graduate Why is charge/current density 4 vector a twisted differential 3-form?

Graduate Compact support of matter fields

Graduate Raychaudhuri equation in Jacobson's paper (gr-qc/9504004) ?

Graduate The speed of light and time dilation

Graduate Conservation of momentum a universal truth

Undergrad How does motion affect the potential energy of a spring?

Graduate Relativistic centripetal force

Graduate Why is the speed of light a hard limit in special relativity?

Undergrad Challenge to the 1st postulate

Graduate Pound-Rebka Experiment: Understanding Gamma Ray Detection & Doppler Effect

Graduate Struggling with the relationship between the Lagrangian L and the interval ds?

Graduate Can Fermat's principle be applied to gravitational lensing?

Graduate Time dilation in biological processes

Graduate Is a zero Ricci scalar the defining characteristic of a 'flat' spacetime?

Graduate I don't understand why your clock slows down

Graduate Gravity and Time Dilation: Length Contraction and Mass Inflation?

Graduate Do magnetic fields affect the speed of light in the Pound-Rebka experiment?

Graduate Gravitational Field & Light Speed: Is Time a Scalar Quantity?

Graduate Generality of theta=pi/2 in Schwarzchild

Graduate Does the Universe spin (does it have an angular momentum)?

Graduate Relativity vs Quantum Mechanics

Graduate Energy in Schwarzschild geometry

Graduate Mach's Principle and the Accelerating Universe

Graduate BRS: The FRW Dust with E^3 Hyperslices - Discussion

Graduate Gravity: Does it Really Exist? Physics & Math Explained

Graduate Understanding Relativity: The Concept of Time and the Speed of Light Explained

Graduate Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity

Graduate Do not believe this letter on gravitational radiation

Graduate Stress-energy tensor diagonalization

Graduate Poincaré Gauge Theory: Facts, Popularity, Flaws & Experiments

Undergrad Understanding Mass-Energy Equivalence to Fdx and dm in E=mc^2

Graduate What Are the Timelike and Null Coordinates Used in the Schwarzschild Metric?

Graduate Gravity's Restoring Force - Explained

Graduate Are Lorentz and Poincare insufficiently credited for special relativity?

Undergrad Why aren't you accelerating when you fall

Graduate Does the presence of mass affect the curvature and growth of space-time?

Graduate Unraveling the Mystery of Gravity: The Role of Mass in Space-Time Distortion

Undergrad Is there such a thing as the Null Speed in the concept of motion and relativity?

Graduate Frame of reference of any observer

Undergrad Do gravitational waves have different frequencies?

Graduate Example of Unsymmetrical Metric: 2D Solutions

Undergrad Does e=mc² account for the direction of light?

Graduate Energy & Momentum: The Effects of Photons on Stars

Graduate Understanding GR Better: Metric Spaces & Differential Geometry Courses

Graduate Understand 'One Form' Vector & Covariant - Relativity Demystified

Graduate Do all observers agree on gravitational mass?

Undergrad Understanding Gravity: Properties & Effects

Graduate Is Relativistic Mass Consistent in Inelastic Collisions?

Graduate How long does a ray of light travel for based on ITS time scale

Graduate Is the Proof of E=mc² Valid for Accelerating Objects in Special Relativity?

Graduate Green's function for Klein-Gordno equation in curved spacetime

Graduate Correction term to Newtons gravitation law

Graduate What kind of 'rotation' is the Gaililean transformation?

Graduate Can Total Energy Be Less Than Rest Energy in Special Relativity?

Graduate Is Proper Time Contraction Valid for Accelerated Watches?

Undergrad Relative Velocity of two particles

Graduate Is the distance relative also?

Graduate Distnace between points and isometric mapping

Graduate Does mass increase in SR mean higher gravity in GR?

Undergrad If you were out in space, motionless

Graduate Can a Slower Spacecraft Overtake a Faster One in Relativistic Travel?

Graduate Why is speed of light constant?

Graduate Would it Feel as if Time Stopped If I Became Light?

Undergrad Time Dilation: How Can a Watch Tick Slower?

Graduate Does time obey the inverse square law?

Graduate Extrinsic properties of the curved space

Graduate Lorentz transformation as a higher dimensional rotation

Graduate Lorentz boost and equivalence with 3d hyperbolic rotations

Graduate Spacetime proven or is the Graviton still alive?

Undergrad What's it like if I were standing on earth's axis?

Graduate Spaceship flying towards earth at relativistic speeds?

Graduate Membrane Theory: Questions & Ideas Explored

High School What is E=mc² What is it used for?

Undergrad Scenario allowing a signal to travel at superluminous speeds?

Graduate Gravity and acceleration near to the speed of light