Einstein equation Definition and 27 Threads

The Einstein tensors for the Schwarzschild Geometry equal zero. Why do they not equal something that has to do with the central mass, given that the Einstein equations are of the form: Curvature Measure = Measure of Energy/Matter Density?

In the textbook: Electrochemical Systems by Newman and Alyea, 3rd edition, chapter 11.9: Moderately Dilute Solutions, equation for the mole flux of the component ##i## is given by: $$ N_i = - \frac {u_i c_i} {z_i F} \nabla \bar\mu_i\ + c_i v \tag {1}$$ where ##u_i## is the ionic mobility...

In Chandrasekhar's book, The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes. The sign of Einstein equations is minus "-" , Eq. (1-236). However, the sign of Riemann and Ricci tensor are the same as MTW's book. The sign of Einstein equations in MTW's book are "+"! Is there a error?

This question wasn't particularly hard, so I assume metric compatibility and input Ricci tensor to the left side of Einstein's equation. $$R_{\mu\nu}-\frac{1}{2} Rg_{\mu\nu}=Cg_{\mu\nu}-\frac{1}{2} (4C)g_{\mu\nu}=-Cg_{\mu\nu}$$ Then apply covariant derivative on both side...

Short, probably stupid, question; what does this left-right arrow ##a \leftrightarrow b## at the bottom-right mean? [It's this paper for ref.] Does it just mean the last term repeated, except this time with ##a## and ##b## indices exchanged? Thanks.

Can be Einstein equation rewrited into some simpler form, when suppose only spherically symmetric (but not necessarily stationary) distribution of mass-energy ? If yes, is there some source to learn more about it ? Thank you. edit: by simpler form I mean something with rather expressed...

Why kinetic energy is ½ m v2? Why it is different from Einstein’s equation for Energy E= m c2?

So, I am a newbie in quantum mechanics, took modern physics last fall for my physics minor. I know that Schrodinger based his equation based on the equation K + V = E, by using non-relativistic kinematic energy (P2/2m + V = E) p becoming the operator p= -iħ∇ for the wave equation eigenfunction...

If I am asked to show that the tt-component of the Einstein equation for the static metric ##ds^2 = (1-2\phi(r)) dt^2 - (1+2\phi(r)) dr^2 - r^2(d\theta^2 + sin^2(\theta) d\phi^2)##, where ##|\phi(r)| \ll1## reduces to the Newton's equation, what exactly am I supposed to prove?

Above they use the equality that the massless energy hv is equal to einsteins energy. Both have the same velocity. How can not this mean that einsteins formula has more energy then the other. I have added a proof of einsteins formula just in case it can be used: In the proof above I don't...

In both quantum and general relativity theories we are used to provide results in the "limited" conditions to demonstrate a correspondence between new and old formalism. For instance deflection of light of a star due to Sun in GR is double the amount given in classical theory. Yet I have...

I'm wondering if a ship orbited a black hole for a year, how large would the black hole be for it to equal 10,000 years on earth?

There's a somehow related set of issues I find myself pondering time and again: In 1995, Ted Jacobson derived Einstein's equations from thermodynamics across a horizon. Roughly, he showed that if the horizon's entropy is given by the Bekenstein-Hawking formula, then the second law of...

Hi, I'm looking at 'Lecture Notes on General Relativity' by Sean M.Carroll. I have a question about p. 227, solving for ##a(t)## in the dark energy case. So for dust and radiation cases it was Friedmann equations you solve. But in the case of a non-zero cosmological constant Eienstien equation...

Do the Einstein field equations explain why this locomotive is sinking into the Bolivian sand?

So Einstein Equation: ##G_{uv}= 8 \pi G T_{uv} ##, Justifying the cosmological constant can be included is done by noting that ## \bigtriangledown^{a}g_{ab} =0 ## and so including it on the LHS, conservation of energy-momentum tensor still holds. I'm not sure why ## \bigtriangledown^{a}g_{ab}...

Some sources seem to have: ##G_{uv}=8\pi G T_{uv} ## Whereas others have: ##G_{uv}=-8\pi G T_{uv} ## I thought that it may have been covered by how ##G_{uv}## is defined on the sources, but in both cases it is given as ## G_{uv}=R_{uv} - \frac{1}{2}g_{uv}R ## I'm confused. Thanks.

I have a 3d system with Lagrangian e_3^{-1} L_3 = -\frac{1}{2} R_3 + \delta_{ab} \partial_\rho q^a \partial^\rho q^b + \frac{1}{2H} V(q) From this I want to calculate the Einstein equation by performing the Euler-Lagrange procedure. First of all, I move the 3d dreibein to the RHS and then I...

I wonder if Einstein equation E=mc^2 was used when the A bombes were designed and tested. How was the output estimated? Was all the matter thransformed into energy, as the equation indicates? Were there any restrictions to how this equation ( or nny other) was used? Thanks, Michael

Hi, I am using Hartle to study GR and at one point, there is a leap that I don't understand. He finds the result for the geodesic deviation equation and introduces the Riemann curvature tensor. Then, we are told that there is an object called the Ricci curvature tensor which is a...

Sorry if I am asking a too trivial question! I am having a confusion regarding the following-The solution to Einstein equation in vacuum is given by the Schwarzschild metric. However, what does the mass represent in the metric in Schwarzschild coordinate? Whose mass is it and how does it enter...

Does anyone know if Einstein equation predicts the existence of particle jets fired by massive black holes observed by NASA from active galaxies? If yes, what would be the predicted relation between the black hole mass and rotation speed to the flux of matter ejected, how long these jets...

My notes for a particular course say that G_{ab} - \Lambda g_{ab}= x T_{ab} where x=\frac{8 \pi G}{c^4} Then they say that the trace of this is -R+4 \Lambda=xT What? Surely that's only possible if we have +\Lambda g_{ab} as I have seen in every other text I've ever read? However, when we...

I'm just getting a taste of computational GR, and I have a question regarding the metric for the single point mass solution for the einstein equation. The metric in spherical coordinates for a point mass at r=0 is \eta=\left(\begin{matrix}-\left(1-\frac{2GM}{c^2r}\right) & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 &...

Hi, I have recently been delving into Quantum gravity related material... and I came across a paper by Ted Jacobson "Thermodynamics of Spacetime: The Einstein Equation of State" http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9504004 and as far as I understand the argument it is very impressive who would have...

Hi, i have read a introduction book to general relativity and i want to ask a question: how do physicists use the Einstein equation to solve problems? I mean how can we, starting with a given energy-momentum tensor, find the metric? Thanks!

How can I obtain a Kerr metric by using the Einstein equation?