General Relativity general relativity. The basic theory which underlies our current concepts of space, time, matter, and energy, is Einstein s general Theory of relativity (GR). http://www.ess.sunysb.edu/simswg/siswg/node7.html
Extractions: Next: Reference Frames Up: The Science Enabled by Previous: The Science Enabled by The fabric of the universe is described by different theories of gravity. The basic theory which underlies our current concepts of space, time, matter, and energy, is Einstein's General Theory of Relativity (GR). Other theories which are extensions or alternatives to GR show deviations from GR at levels which are at or below the accuracies of current measurements. The accuracies of the proposed SIM will allow various measurement to be made which will test GR against these other theories to an extent never before possible. The relativistic parameter would be determined to one to two orders of magnitude higher accuracy than is presently possible. Such an accuracy would make a definitive distinction between GR and some alternative proposals. With the level of accuracy of SIM, the quadrupole moment of the solar interior, generated by a high angular velocity in the interior, might be detectable. Frame dragging from the rotation of the sun and planets would be detectable. The size of the effects of MACHOs passing in front of stars would allow a determination of the mass of the MACHOs, just at the 1 as level, (c.f. Miyamoto and Yoshii, Astron.J.,110, 1427 August 1995).
Time Travel - Fact Or Fiction? The science fiction paradigm, conservation laws, general relativity, paradoxes, tachyons and graphs. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/time_travel.html
Extractions: Original by Jon J. Thaler. We define time travel to mean departure from a certain place and time followed (from the traveller's point of view) by arrival at the same place at an earlier (from the sedentary observer's point of view) time. Time travel paradoxes arise from the fact that departure occurs after arrival according to one observer and before arrival according to another. In the terminology of special relativity time travel implies that the timelike ordering of events is not invariant. This violates our intuitive notions of causality. However, intuition is not an infallible guide, so we must be careful. Is time travel really impossible, or is it merely another phenomenon where "impossible" means "nature is weirder than we think?" The answer is more interesting than you might think. The B-movie image of the intrepid chrononaut climbing into his time machine and watching the clock outside spin backwards while those outside the time machine watch the him revert to callow youth is, according to current theory, impossible. In current theory, the arrow of time flows in only one direction at any particular place. If this were not true, then one could not impose a 4-dimensional co-ordinate system on space-time, and many nasty consequences would result. Nevertheless, there is a scenario which is not ruled out by present knowledge. This usually requires an unusual spacetime topology (due to wormholes or strings in general relativity) which has not yet seen, but which may be possible. In this scenario the universe is well behaved in every local region; only by exploring the global properties does one discover time travel.
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Relativity - The Special And General Theory By Albert Einstein relativity The Special And general Theory by Albert Einstein What one reviewer at amazon said about a href=detail.asp?ASIN=0517025302 relativity The http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=1971
Ingenta: All Issues -- General Relativity And Gravitation general relativity and Gravitation, ISSN 00017701 in our archives Volume 29 (1997) through Volume 36 (2004) Publisher Plenum Publishers, http://www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/klu/gerg
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Is The Special Theory Of Relativity Wrong? There follows a proof that the Special Theory of relativity may be wrong. This may also have implications for the general Theory. http://www.webspawner.com/users/relativity/
Extractions: These days it would appear that the Special Theory of Relativity was beyond any form of doubt however I have a theoretical proof that would strongly suggest that the theory is fundamentally flawed. Indeed the proof is so straight forward it is a wonder so many supposedly acute minds have previously overlooked it. The proof runs as follows : The origin of this scientific red herring lies with the famous (though some may perhaps argue infamous) Michelson-Morley experiment. It was conducted by the two Americans whom it was named after in 1887 in order to prove or disprove the existence of aether, the enigmatic substance thought to be contained in a vacuum upon which a light wave was able to move upon. The apparatus consisted of two beams of light meeting at right angles at an interferometer. If the Earths speed effected either of the velocities of the light beams then the interference pattern obtained would change. However it was found that the speed of the Earth about the Sun did not appear to effect the interference pattern in any way and it was upon this observation that Einstein based his Special Theory of Relativity. However just the briefest look at the exact set-up of the apparatus used by Michelson and Morley clearly reveals that the experiment could never have worked anyway. Indeed the logic supporting it is so flawed it is a wonder that no-one appears to have ever noticed. The two light beams which meet at the interferometer first travel away from it and at equal distances are reflected back again to the same half-silvered glass it started from. However because each light beam exactly doubles back on itself each time, it is obvious what the light beam would have gained as a result of the Earths velocity in one direction, it would exactly lose on the way back again in the opposite direction, and vice versa. Indeed the experiment would never have proved or disproved the existence of the aether either.
PhysicsWeb - General Relativity Passes Cassini Test general relativity passes Cassini test 24 September 2003. In general relativity the fabric of spacetime is curved by large masses. http://physicsweb.org/article/news/7/9/14
Extractions: 24 September 2003 Italian astrophysicists have confirmed the predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity with a precision that is about 50 times better than previous measurements. Bruno Bertotti of the University of Pavia and colleagues in Rome and Bologna measured how radio waves sent from the Earth to the Cassini satellite and back again were deflected by the Sun (B Bertotti et al. Nature 374). Their results, which are accurate to 20 parts in a million, agree with the predictions of general relativity. In general relativity the fabric of space-time is curved by large masses. This curvature is responsible for the force of gravity, and also deflects and delays any photons passing near a large mass, such as the Sun. Previous experiments have measured these effects with an accuracy of 0.1% and found them to be in agreement with the predictions of the theory. Bertotti and colleagues used a new technique to test general relativity to much higher precision. The Italian team took advantage of a chance alignment of the Earth, the Sun and Cassini - which is on its way to Saturn - that occurred in June last year. The experiment relied on Cassini's 4-metre antenna and a new ground station at the NASA Deep Space Network in Goldstone, California. Bertotti and co-workers measured a parameter called gamma that is predicted to have a value of one in general relativity.
Project Gutenberg - Bibliographic Record Bibliographic Record. Help on this page. Data. Title relativity The Special And general Theory. Author Einstein, Albert. Language English. http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/5001
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Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Noun general relativity theory - a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) Einstein's general theory of relativity general relativity general theory of relativity Einstein's theory of relativity ... theory of relativity - (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Some words with "general relativity theory" in the definition: Albert Einstein
Relativity Tutorial relativity Tutorial The University of California Los Angeles Division of Astronomy and Astrophysics professor Edward Wright maintains the relativity Tutorial Web site. The site explains the http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/relatvty.htm&
Extractions: Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity [with LightClocks] Older, but still useful: Twin Paradox java applet Animations are available in MPEG and animated-GIF formats. Since March 13, 1996, you are visitor number Introduction Unfamiliar Quotations English-Spacetime-Geometry Dictionary EVENTS and SPACETIME Aristotle's Spacetime Introducing the PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY: Galileo's Spacetime ... Newton and His Mechanical Laws of Motion Maxwell and The Electrodynamic Theory of Light Introducing the LIGHT CONE: The Einstein-Minkowski Spacetime Soap Box Seminar Series: The Twin Non-Paradox ... A more illuminating look at the LIGHT CONE Newton, Galileo, and The Laws of Gravitation
Cambridge Relativity National Cosmology Supercomputer New! Cosmology. Black holes. Cosmic strings et al. Inflation. Quantum gravity. Movies Research Home Page Stephen Hawking. http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/
Tensors And Relativity A complete online course in tensors and relativity http://vishnu.mth.uct.ac.za/omei/gr/
