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9 votes
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Is the tidal force the only real force-like quality of gravity?

8 votes
3 answers
806 views

Why does the Weyl tensor not show up in the Einstein field equations?

2 votes
3 answers
450 views

Why does acceleration in special relativity give rise to general relativity (and thus gravity)?

2 votes
1 answer
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Is the equivalence principle violated for photons in the field of an infinite massive plane?

2 votes
1 answer
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How fast do the neutrinos in the neutrino background radiation move through the universe?

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How big was the universe after inflation? [duplicate]

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107 views

What means Alan Guth's Free Lunch Principle for the universe?

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1 answer
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Does the Weyl tensor amount to tidal effects of gravity?

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Why do gauge particles with odd spin cause opposite charges to attract, while those with even spin cause them to repel? What's the math behind it?

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Has the mass of a proton been calculated from current quarks, through the renormalization process?

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What contributes most to the mass of the proton?

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How fast must an incompressible ball, with mass $M$ and radius $R$, rotate to form a black hole?

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109 views

How far does a particle fall before it hits the singularity of a black hole?

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1 answer
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How can the distance to the event horizon, as measured by a tape attached to a falling mass, be reconciled with the mass passing through it?

0 votes
6 answers
203 views

Will the wheels of a relativistically moving train, according to an observer at rest, show friction with the tracks, when decelerating?

0 votes
2 answers
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What will happen with the caterpillars of tank when it accelerates to a relativistic speed? [closed]

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1 answer
61 views

How is the chirality for the weak interaction conserved for non-relativistic neutrinos?

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2 answers
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Does an object at rest on Earth accelerate in the timelike base direction?

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1 answer
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Will a mass $m$ rotating around a black hole with mass $M$ form a new black hole together with $M$, at a close enough distance?

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1 answer
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Can we see the rest-energy of a mass as its kinetic energy in the $ct$-direction?

0 votes
1 answer
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Question about the derivative of contravariant momentum 4-vector wrt proper time

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Does a train that moves at relativistic speed and then decelerates to zero speed, seem to expand to an observer at rest near the tracks? [duplicate]