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If I make the entire universe rotate, will the bucket appear to be rotating?
Newton's bucket experiment is a way to tell if you are in a rotating frame. If you have a bucket of water which is spinning the water surface will form a concave shape. Likewise, if the bucket is not ...
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Does Mach's principle imply that the gravitational field has a non-zero curl?
I would normally visualize the gravitational field as "radial", i.e., one whose curl is zero. However, while thinking about Mach's principle, particularly the notion of frame-dragging (as ...
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Is MTW's argument in favor of Mach's principle valid?
Looking at older books, I was surprised to see that the general relativity "bible" by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler is very strongly in favor of Mach's principle, which is treated in section ...
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Atom interferometry,gravity and inertia: What can it measure that light interferometry can't? [closed]
What previously unexplored effects in gravity and inertia can be examined with atom interferometry in ways that hasn't already been done through light interferometry?
Can atom interferometry be used ...
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Frame dragging VS Mach's principle: rotating body in an empty universe
What I understand about Mach's principle VS modern physics:
According to classical physics, there are ways to distinguish weather a body is rotating or not. For example if it is rotating, the ...
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