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Graduate Wave Function in Lorent tranform
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Graduate The very significant and positive result of the MM Exp
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Graduate Time dilation and the pioneer spacecraft
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Graduate If tachyons existes, does they obey the transfomation relations
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Graduate Is There a Non-QED Derivation of E=pc?
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Can't Find Matter-Energy Equivalence Video - Help Please
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Graduate Why Does the Ship's Twin Observe Earth's Clock Jump in the Twin Paradox?
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Graduate How Does Relativistic Motion Affect Star Brightness?
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Graduate Wouldn’t time dilation govern a speed limit?
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Graduate Charge of Black Holes: Measurability & Effects
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Graduate Temperature and special relativity
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Graduate Help with relativity [relativistic rocket]
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Graduate Is this tensor operation valid?
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Graduate Can motion affect spectral signatures in a hydrogen-filled cube?
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Graduate Gravitons or Warped Space-Time?
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Graduate Why not fewer visible stars in far away galaxies?
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Graduate Special relativity treatment of gravity?
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Graduate How much does Earth's time dilation decrease with distance from the surface?
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Graduate Can objects 'fall faster than c' in a gravity field?
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Graduate Why Are Physicists Interested in AdS Black Holes Over de Sitter Black Holes?
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Graduate Accelerating universe = conservation of energy?
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Graduate Question on Einstein's Simple derivation of Lorentz Transformation.
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Graduate Acceleration or gravitational time dilation the same?
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Graduate How Do We Measure Distance to Stars and Galaxies?
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Undergrad Gravity: Speed of Light & Black Holes
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Graduate Absolute simultaneity with Einstein synchronized clocks?
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Graduate Solving Curvature Tensor of Paraboloid Problem
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Graduate Forumulation of field equations
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Graduate Geodesics and stretched strings
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Graduate Understanding the Nature of Gravity and its Relationship to Energy Creation
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Graduate Drawing Penrose diagram figures
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Graduate Is Special Relativity Incomplete Without Considering Intrinsic Momentum?
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Graduate Special Theory and String Theory.
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Graduate Are relativistic effects real ?
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Graduate Clarification on the consistency of light speed
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Undergrad Einsteins Genius Derivation: E=mc^2 and the Concept of Light as Matter
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Graduate Question on Time Dilation Experiment
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Graduate Doppler-shift/hubbles-law implies big bang/universe age?
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Graduate Time, Temp & Movement: Amitai's Question
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Graduate Why is the Doppler shift expression sometimes reversed?
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Graduate Movement & Spacetime: Point A to B Difference
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Graduate Invarients for 4-vector quantites.
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Graduate Relative Time Question: Train Experiment and Conflicting Views
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Graduate Vacuum Solutions: Are They Always Divergence Free?
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Graduate Is Spacetime Flat in Uniform Gravitational Fields and Acceleration?
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Graduate Is inertial mass of gas the same as its rest mass
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Graduate Is There an Absolute Time When Events Occur?
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Graduate Determined c in S v. Result of the Michelson_Morley Exp.
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Graduate What Physical Meaning Underlies the Non-Divergence of the Einstein Tensor?
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Undergrad Does Light Curving Around the Sun Prove It Has Weight?
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Graduate Can light have a phase velocity faster than c?
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Graduate Help me through a simple SR problem
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Graduate Lengths and times relative to S' and S
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Undergrad Light Speed and Newton's Equation F=ma: Explanation
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Graduate The Michelson-Morley experiment
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Graduate Erenkov Radiation: Charged Particles Explained
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High School Did Einstein guess the time-dilation equation?
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Graduate Question about the rotating disc
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Graduate Strange Paradox: Rockets' Clocks Syncing
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Graduate Actual and observed time dialation
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Graduate What kind of math is needed to understand relativity
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Graduate Solve Simultaneity Problem with Alice & Bob
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Graduate In what direction does length contraction occur?
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Undergrad Albert Einstein 1911 "On the Influence of Gravity on Light
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Graduate Development of generalized metric
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Graduate The Physics of Spacetime & EM: Answers to Questions
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Graduate Tensor Manipulation in Spacetime and Geometry
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High School Awe-Inspiring Gravity Waves: An Exploration
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Graduate Special relativity: twin paradox
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Graduate Relativistic Rocket: Top Speed & Horizon Angle Explained
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Graduate Why doesn't the universe expand on small scales?
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Graduate Length contraction and time dilaton
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Graduate ON THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF MOVING BODIES by A.EINSTEIN
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Graduate Perturbing the Schwarzschild metric
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Graduate Derive E=mc^2: Kinetic Energy, Photons, Lorentz-Transformations
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Graduate Equivalence of Time Dilation in Different Gravitational and Accelerating Frames
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High School Please explain a little about general and special relativity
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Graduate Twins Aged Differently: A Relativity Paradox Explained
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Graduate Preferred Frames not in SR are used in Astrophysics
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Graduate Ok so u have two twins, both have clocks set to zero.
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Graduate Defining Velocity, Momentum, and Energy in Minkowski Space
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Graduate Lightwave moving towards/upwards curvature
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Graduate Is the Covariant Derivative of the Metric Tensor an Axiom or a Derivation?
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Graduate Redshift Ques: Applying Doppler Formula Can Lead to Error
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Graduate How do relativity explain elliptical orbits of planets?
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Graduate Experimental Data: Light Velocity Change
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Graduate Age of universe-speed of light
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Graduate Learning General Relativity Formulas
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Graduate What is the true surface area of the Earth according to General Relativity?
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Graduate How Does the Speed of Light in Glass Change with Relative Velocity?
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Graduate Can frames of reference affect the perception of light and time?
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Graduate How Does Relativity Affect Our Perception of Light and Time?
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Undergrad What is the relationship between fields and mass in physics?
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Graduate Does the EP Violate in Two Mass Test?
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Graduate Acceleration and Twins: Resolving the Classic Paradox Without General Relativity
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Graduate Does pressure resist acceleration?
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Graduate What Will the Clock Read at the Turnaround Point in the Twins Paradox?
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Graduate Does the Curvature of 4-D Space-Time Extend into a Fifth Dimension?
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Graduate Can Time Run Backwards for Objects Larger Than the Schwarzschild Radius?
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Graduate Which Clock Shows Less Time When They Collide?
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