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How does gravity escape a black hole?

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List of freely available physics books

education books reference-request big-list

feb 25 at 22:44 ramanujan_dirac 1,253

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Do two beams of light attract each other in general theory of relativity?

general-relativity electromagnetic-radiation

apr 23 '12 at 5:21 Manishearth♦ 7,951

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How does one measure the mass of a galaxy? And other such large quantities

astrophysics measurement

dec 11 at 20:25 Ernie 220

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Redshifting of Light and the expansion of the universe

general-relativity energy electromagnetic-radiation energy-conservation space-expansion

may 7 at 17:00 Philip Gibbs 2,485

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How precisely does a star collapse into a black hole?

general-relativity black-holes

oct 28 at 15:57 ctrebor 7

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Is energy really conserved?

energy-conservation

mar 5 '11 at 15:27 Helder Velez 1,516

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Travelling faster than the speed of light

special-relativity speed-of-light faster-than-light tachyon

may 28 '12 at 18:38 Qmechanic♦ 17.3k

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Why space expansion affects matter?

general-relativity gravity space-expansion

mar 18 '12 at 16:09 David 423

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What's the core difference between the electric and magnetic forces?

electromagnetism homework forces

feb 20 at 15:38 Muskaan Shahid 1

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Why are “heavier” particles harder to detect than “lighter” ones?

particle-physics

dec 19 '10 at 16:49 pho 2,590

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Is dark matter repulsive to dark matter? Why?

gravity cosmology dark-matter general-relativity

apr 30 '11 at 18:12 Ted Bunn 11.6k

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Does a particle annihilate only with its antiparticle? If yes, why?

particle-physics antimatter

apr 29 '11 at 16:04 jbatista 526

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How are neutrons produced from cosmic ray particles?

particle-physics neutron cosmic-rays

may 17 '12 at 1:34 Peter Mortensen 1,232

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Physics for mathematicians

mathematical-physics soft-question reference-request books big-list

apr 27 '12 at 1:16 joseph f. johnson 1,928

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Is there a fundamental reason why gravitational mass is the same as inertial mass?

general-relativity gravity equivalence-principle

nov 18 '11 at 23:39 Nick Kidman 903

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If the light velocity is a vector quantity, why vector addition cannot be applied to it?

special-relativity

feb 6 '11 at 23:10 Anixx 2,138

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Why and how is the speed of light constant?

special-relativity electromagnetic-radiation speed-of-light

apr 6 '12 at 16:16 Manishearth♦ 7,951

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The Interactions of Light and Matter

electromagnetic-radiation refraction reflection

apr 24 '12 at 10:48 Manishearth♦ 7,951

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Do light and sound waves have mass

special-relativity waves mass

mar 22 at 1:21 Josue 1

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Sound - what happens with the particles when a wave passes

acoustics air

mar 14 at 18:47 user21996 1

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Do all atoms in the universe gravitate each other?

gravity

apr 15 '11 at 12:48 mbq♦ 3,516

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Effect of expansion of space on CMB

astrophysics space-expansion cmb

sep 19 at 0:28 Sandro Vitenti 337

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