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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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Graduate Can Lorentz Transformation Explain Magnetism and the Lorentz Force?

Aero
Dec 5, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 5, 2006

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Graduate Got wrong from right equations

Prasanna Suman
Dec 4, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 5, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate What is the Minkowski Metric and How Does it Relate to Special Relativity?

aeroboyo
Nov 28, 2006 · Replies 87 · Dec 5, 2006

3

Replies: 87

Graduate Schwarzschild Metric Question

franznietzsche
Feb 7, 2004 · Replies 15 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 15

Graduate Problem with understanding of relative motion.

withoutn
Dec 4, 2006 · Replies 5 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Black Holes-to-be, Frozen in Time?

Logex
Sep 15, 2006 · Replies 23 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 23

Graduate Is the Schwarzschild Metric Valid Inside a Black Hole?

Chris Hillman
Dec 1, 2006 · Replies 3 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 3

Undergrad Do relativistic masses in the gravitational force equation affect gravity?

korican
Dec 1, 2006 · Replies 3 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Synchronized clocks in special relativity

Bos
Dec 1, 2006 · Replies 17 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 17

Graduate What is the Wave of Death in Spacetime and its implications for the universe?

robousy
Oct 12, 2005 · Replies 7 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Block Universe / Godel's Paradox / Free Will

autumnwests
Dec 1, 2006 · Replies 16 · Dec 4, 2006

Replies: 16

High School Resources for learning relativity

Lil ze
Dec 2, 2006 · Replies 3 · Dec 2, 2006

Replies: 3

Undergrad Does a spinning object's mass increase with angular velocity?

sazzles
Mar 21, 2004 · Replies 35 · Dec 1, 2006

2

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Graduate Do Any Spacetimes with 7 to 9 Killing Vectors Exist?

Stingray
Nov 30, 2006 · Replies 5 · Dec 1, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Schwarzschild Solution: Find Rigorous Inside Body

blue_sky
Aug 15, 2004 · Replies 7 · Dec 1, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Counting solutions to the EFE?

Chris Hillman
Dec 1, 2006 · Replies 0 · Dec 1, 2006

Replies: 0

Graduate Could someone explain Brans-Dicke theory?

alanzhu
Oct 28, 2003 · Replies 8 · Dec 1, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Absolute Time in GR: Einstein Fans Unite!

Karlisbad
Nov 30, 2006 · Replies 4 · Dec 1, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate How Do Thermodynamic Quantities Change at Speeds Close to Light?

ashishk
Dec 1, 2006 · Replies 1 · Dec 1, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Additiion of relativistic velocities. what do we need to derive it

bernhard.rothenstein
Nov 23, 2006 · Replies 9 · Nov 29, 2006

Replies: 9

Graduate Horizon in AdS space and its relation to black holes

PDEagle
Nov 22, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 29, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Finding a Kerr Metric Using the Einstein Equation

VuNguyen
Apr 1, 2004 · Replies 4 · Nov 28, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate Does a rapidly spinning mass have a stronger gravitational field?

alpha_wolf
May 4, 2004 · Replies 10 · Nov 28, 2006

Replies: 10

Graduate Basic metric diagonalization questions

lonelyphysicist
May 11, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 27, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate Model of Galactic Black Hole Candidates

pervect
Jun 17, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 27, 2006

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Graduate Electric fields of black holes

jbusc
Jul 25, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 27, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Stress-energy tensor of a perfect fluid

notknowing
Oct 25, 2006 · Replies 24 · Nov 27, 2006

Replies: 24

Graduate How Does Acceleration Affect the Geodesic Equation in General Relativity?

Karlisbad
Nov 24, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 27, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Snyder's calculation of imploding star surfaces freezing at the horizon

Born2Perform
Nov 23, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 27, 2006

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Graduate Solutions of the nonlinear Field Equations

notknowing
Oct 13, 2006 · Replies 38 · Nov 27, 2006

2

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Graduate Phone Book's Fans: Shocking Claim on Torsion

dextercioby
Nov 27, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 27, 2006

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Graduate How are quantum mechanics and general relativity incompatible?

Thrice
Oct 14, 2006 · Replies 14 · Nov 27, 2006

Replies: 14

Graduate Does mass increase with velocity in special relativity?

AlbertEinstein
Nov 19, 2006 · Replies 23 · Nov 26, 2006

Replies: 23

Graduate What does remain constant in relativity?

y_stassin
Nov 21, 2006 · Replies 10 · Nov 25, 2006

Replies: 10

Graduate Does gravitational length contraction act perpendicular to the field?

notknowing
Nov 25, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 25, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad Localization by the doppler effect

disregardthat
Nov 22, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 24, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Schwarzschild Radii and Relativistic Mass

Lelan Thara
Nov 21, 2006 · Replies 10 · Nov 24, 2006

Replies: 10

Graduate By the way, in GR, where does the need for curvature come from ?

lalbatros
Nov 17, 2006 · Replies 11 · Nov 24, 2006

Replies: 11

Graduate Inner Workings of Relativity Clocks - Learn More Here!

ValenceE
Nov 22, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 23, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate Self Gravitating General Solutions to GR

Wallace
Jun 14, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Can Event Horizons Be Non-Spherical?

Quaoar
Aug 2, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Can gravity waves be focussed?

Chaos' lil bro Order
Sep 22, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Gravitational waves everywhere ?

notknowing
Sep 3, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Is gravitational energy positive or negative in general relativity?

notknowing
Nov 5, 2006 · Replies 10 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 10

Graduate What happens to an observer falling into a charged rotating black hole?

pervect
Nov 21, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate How much is the Schwarzschild geometry a characteristic feature of GR

lalbatros
Nov 18, 2006 · Replies 19 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 19

Graduate Why does the Lorentz transformations form a group?

pivoxa15
Oct 23, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate What is the significance of Ashby's use of the Langevin metric in GPS and GR?

psychedelic
Oct 15, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 3

What is the Meaning of "Empty Space"?

ValenceE
Oct 22, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 5

Undergrad Difference between spatially homogeneous and isotropic?

pivoxa15
Oct 23, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate Schwarzschild metric, cosmological constant

lalbatros
Oct 30, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 6

High School Universal Gravitation: Einstein's Warping of Space and Time

Pete81t
Oct 30, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Can Spacetime Curvature Exist Independently of Mass?

notknowing
Oct 17, 2006 · Replies 33 · Nov 21, 2006

2

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Graduate The Unruh effect and light beams

notknowing
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate Stress-energy tensor in curved spacetime

notknowing
Oct 20, 2006 · Replies 23 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 23

Graduate Change of speed of light in a gravitational field

notknowing
Nov 19, 2006 · Replies 9 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 9

Graduate What Is the Plane Schwarzschild Geometry?

lalbatros
Oct 22, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Time dilation and Lorentz-Einstein transformations

bernhard.rothenstein
Nov 16, 2006 · Replies 18 · Nov 20, 2006

Replies: 18

Graduate Can general relativity allow nested event horizons?

Loren Booda
Oct 31, 2006 · Replies 18 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 18

Graduate Schwarzschild radius of a black hole

MeJennifer
Oct 31, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate What is the relationship between orbital energy and gravitational waves?

kmarinas86
Nov 19, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Can a Photon Orbit a Black Hole?

RobtO
Oct 31, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Measurement of distances in the presence of a black hole

notknowing
Nov 3, 2006 · Replies 14 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 14

Graduate Finding the inertial frame in the two-body problem in GR

lalbatros
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate Can you define GR using Poisson brackets with metric and momenta?

Karlisbad
Nov 11, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Calculating gravitational acceleration with Newton's law vs. general relativity

Sheyr
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate Perihelion drift in SR and in GR

lalbatros
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Are horizons fingerprints of General Relativity ? and more questions

lalbatros
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate How Does the Minkowski Metric Relate to Tensors in General Relativity?

therapeuter
Nov 18, 2006 · Replies 18 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 18

Graduate Why do light rays emitted at the event horizon stay there in a black hole?

ChemGuy
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate Did Einstein remark on gravitational waves and electromagnetic unification?

RAD4921
Nov 18, 2006 · Replies 12 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 12

Graduate Gravitomagnetism: 17 Orders of Magnitude Beyond GR Prediction

notknowing
Nov 16, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 7

Undergrad How can a massless photon have energy if E=mc²?

Prasanna Suman
Nov 19, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 3

Undergrad Is E=mc^2 an Exact Equation or an Approximation?

ChemGuy
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Why doesn't a moving neutral object become charged?

quasar987
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 12 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 12

Graduate Mechanical experiments testing special relativity?

quantumphilosopher
Nov 18, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 19, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate Is the relativity of simultaneity relative?

quantumphilosopher
Nov 17, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 18, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Is it possible to derive Lorentz-transforms through geometric methods?

derz
Sep 13, 2005 · Replies 11 · Nov 17, 2006

Replies: 11

Graduate Is the four-gradient of four-potential equal to the time derivative of four-momentum?

actionintegral
Nov 17, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 17, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate Spacecraft mass, infinite acceleration, light's mass, and relativistic speed limits

The_Thinker
Nov 16, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 17, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Relativistic Action: Lorentz Transform to Get Action A

actionintegral
Nov 16, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 16, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate Why does E=mc² reduce to E=m in natural units?

DaveC426913
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 15, 2006

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Graduate Does c-u mean that c composes with u?

bernhard.rothenstein
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Why should the covariant derivative of the metric tensor be 0 ?

lalbatros
Nov 15, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate How to use Einsteins Field Equations ?

notknowing
Nov 10, 2006 · Replies 13 · Nov 14, 2006

Replies: 13

Graduate Why don't blocks appear to separate under length contraction?

daniel_i_l
Nov 11, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 14, 2006

Replies: 6

Undergrad What are tensors in non-mathematical terms?

resurgance2001
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 9 · Nov 14, 2006

Replies: 9

Graduate How can I show that G=8pT implies the equivalence principle ?

lalbatros
Nov 9, 2006 · Replies 18 · Nov 14, 2006

Replies: 18

High School Can any particle travel faster than light?

vivekhere
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 14, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Simultaneity in Special Relativity and lorentz transformation

kevin86
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 14, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Why are isolated horizons useful if they don't require asymptotic flatness?

hellfire
Oct 16, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 13, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Temporal distortion along train DURING Acceleration

davidong3000
Nov 6, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 13, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate What do you call a physical quantity defined at a single point?

bernhard.rothenstein
Nov 12, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 12, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Relativity and Faster than the speed of light.

ThinksTooMuch
Nov 6, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 12, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Reverse time dilation possible?

caston
Nov 10, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 12, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate How does relativity show that energy is proportional to frequency?

lightarrow
Oct 20, 2006 · Replies 20 · Nov 11, 2006

Replies: 20

Graduate Moonrock gravitationally same as earthrock?

ianbell
Nov 10, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 11, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate E = mc2 is not really true in all cases?

jainabhs
Oct 26, 2006 · Replies 9 · Nov 10, 2006

Replies: 9

Graduate A black hole thought experiment

wywong
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 10 · Nov 9, 2006

Replies: 10

Graduate Light Speed Separation: How Long?

joruz1
Nov 9, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 9, 2006

Replies: 1

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Relativity

The theory of relativity, formulated by Albert Einstein, comprises two fundamental theories—special and general relativity. Special relativity, proposed in 1905, redefines our understanding of space and time by asserting the constancy of the speed of light for all observers and introducing concepts like time dilation and length contraction.

General relativity, presented in 1915, extends these principles to incorporate gravity. It describes gravity as the curvature of spacetime caused by massive objects, leading to phenomena like gravitational time dilation and the prediction of black holes. Einstein's equations have been consistently validated through experiments and observations, profoundly influencing our comprehension of the universe's fabric and dynamics.

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