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A reference frame is a particular coordinate system chosen to represent physical entities. The notion is most often used in special and general relativity to denote particular coordinates chosen on the spacetime manifold.
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Why is the centripetal net force always to the center?
$\bullet$ Note that the direction of the change in the velocity $\Delta\textbf{v}$ is towards the center. Therefore, the acceleration must be towards the center and hence also the force. Your diagram …
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Understanding the CMB background as a reference frame
We say the Earth is in relative motion with respect to the cosmic microwave background (CMB), causing anisotropies in the CMB spectrum. I have four very simple questions about this.
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How does one find the wavefunction of a particle in its rest frame?
In classical mechanics, the orbital angular momentum of a particle is defined as $\textbf{L}=\textbf{r}\times\textbf{p}$. This is zero in the rest frame of the particle where $\textbf{p}=0$.
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Which time is there in the FRW metric?
The FRW metric is given by $$ds^2=dt^2-a^2(t)\Big[\frac{dr^2}{1-kr^2}+r^2(d\theta)^2+(r\sin\theta)^2(d\phi)^2\Big].$$ There is a time $t$ sitting in this metric. In which frame is this time measured?
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Meaning of general coordinate invariance: distinguishing inertial and non-inertial observers
Laws of physics cannot distinguish one inertial frame from another which is equivalent to the statement of Poincaré invariance.
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Why the clock at rest runs faster, while another clock slows when moving?
The situation is completely symmetric. Let the velocity of a frame A w.r.t another frame B is $\textbf{v}$. then from the perspective of A, the frame frame B has a relative velocity $-\textbf{v}$. Fro …
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Noether's theorem and Invariance of Lagrangian under translation
Consider a coordinate system in which the point A has coordinate $z_0$ and point B has ccordinate $z$ where there is a particle of mass $m$. Let there be a constant gravitational field of Earth. The L …
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