• concept of mass in general relativity (GR) is more subtle to define than the concept of mass in special relativity. In fact, general relativity does not...
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  • "mass" has two meanings in special relativity: invariant mass (also called rest mass) is an invariant quantity which is the same for all observers in all...
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  • is incompatible with general relativity, for the device gets more massive. — Thomas Gold, in Negative mass in general relativity. But Forward showed that...
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  • prediction of general relativity for the almost flat spacetime geometry around stationary mass distributions. Some predictions of general relativity, however...
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    General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed...
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  • Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert...
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  • The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and...
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  • to general relativity are physical theories that attempt to describe the phenomenon of gravitation in competition with Einstein's theory of general relativity...
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  • about a large mass, nonrelativistic and relativistic treatments are given in, respectively, Newtonian motivations for general relativity and Theoretical...
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  • in the framework of special relativity, the Maxwell equations have the same form in all inertial frames of reference. In the framework of general relativity...
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  • Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, various mathematical structures and techniques are utilized. The main tools used in this geometrical theory...
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  • Numerical relativity is one of the branches of general relativity that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems. To this end...
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    incorporated a priori in the equivalence principle of general relativity. The International System of Units (SI) unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). The...
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  • In general relativity, a vacuum solution is a Lorentzian manifold whose Einstein tensor vanishes identically. According to the Einstein field equation...
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  • General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915...
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    change in the mass of the system. For systems that include large gravitational fields, general relativity has to be taken into account; thus mass–energy...
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    Anti-gravity (category General relativity)
    efforts. Under general relativity, gravity is the result of following spatial geometry (change in the normal shape of space) caused by local mass-energy. This...
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  • In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from...
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  • In general relativity, the metric tensor (in this context often abbreviated to simply the metric) is the fundamental object of study. The metric captures...
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    In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert...
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  • The two-body problem in general relativity (or relativistic two-body problem) is the determination of the motion and gravitational field of two bodies...
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  • Hawking energy (redirect from Hawking mass)
    The Hawking energy or Hawking mass is one of the possible definitions of mass in general relativity. It is a measure of the bending of ingoing and outgoing...
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    (removed), and m as the change in mass. In relativity, all the energy that moves with an object (i.e., the energy as measured in the object's rest frame) contributes...
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    This form was a critical input for the development of the theory of general relativity. The strong form requires Einstein's form to work for stellar objects...
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    March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Bondi, H. (1957). "Negative mass in general relativity". Reviews of Modern Physics. 29 (3): 423–428. Bibcode:1957RvMP...
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    Black hole (redirect from Mass hole)
    light) can escape it. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. The...
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  • Eventually Planck (1907) derived the mass–energy equivalence in general within the framework of special relativity, including the binding forces within...
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  • convergence. In the field of general relativity, he is especially known for his work on quasilocal mass–energy; the Wang-Yau quasi-local mass is named in his honor...
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  • Linguistic relativity asserts that language influences worldview or cognition. One form of linguistic relativity, linguistic determinism, regards peoples'...
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  • Pound (force) (category Customary units of measurement in the United States)
    4 MN). Foot-pound (energy) Ton-force Kip (unit) Mass in general relativity Mass in special relativity Mass versus weight for the difference between the two...
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