Questions tagged [gravity]
Gravity is an attractive force that affects and is affected by all mass and - in general relativity - energy, pressure, and stress. Prefer newtonian-gravity or general-relativity if sensible.
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Confused about Weinberg's result of gravitational time dilation
I am reading Weinberg's Gravitation and Cosmology. In section 3.5, the author got a result$$\frac{dt}{\Delta t}=(-g_{00})^{-1/2}\tag{3.5.2}.$$Here $dt$ is the time interval of a stationary observer in ...
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Does gravity accelerate you towards the geodesic of light between you and the mass?
If there's a planet far away, you will accelerate straight towards it due to gravity. If you place a Schwarzschild black hole right in the middle between you and the planet (the distance between the ...
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Negative (absolute - not potential) energy of the gravitational field; how to generalize to GR?
Alan Guth gives a thought experiment to show that a gravitational field has negative energy. (See the picture below.) Consider a thin spherical shell of elastic, compressible matter, of radius $R_o$. ...
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Lorentz force error in the present 2024 version of the gravitoelectromagnetism Wikipedia page? [closed]
I noticed that the Gravitoelectromagnetism (GEM) Wikipedia page has been edited recently. The factor of 4 in the GEM Lorentz force equation is now missing. But the GEM field equations are identical to ...
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Gravitational halos made of neutrinos...?
I have been recently interested in how halos made of standard model particles could be formed and behave.
After asking some questions in this site, I was told about how neutrinos could form such halos....
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What is the energy density of gravitational fields around neutron stars? [closed]
The field strength of gravitational fields around neutron stars is extremely high. This would lead to an extreme negative value for the energy density. But if an absolute negative energy density is ...
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How to properly combine kinetic and gravitational time dilation effect?
I developed a time dilation calculator that includes both kinetic (Lorentz Factor) and gravitational (Schwarzschild Metric Formula) factors to assess the time difference between Earth and satellites. ...
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Do you always experience the gravitational influence of other mass as you see them in your frame?
You see a galaxy far away. That galaxy is attracting you with a certain amount of gravity. I'm wondering if the gravity influence of the galaxy on you, as measured by you, always ends up being what ...
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How much time does it take for an object to fall from space? [closed]
Let's say there's an object of mass $m$ in space, $h$ meters away from the surface of the Earth. $h$ is large enough that $g$ cannot be assumed to be constant. The acceleration varies according to ...
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Tug of war between observers in frames with different rate of time
You have a very dense hollow sphere of matter. Observer A is inside the sphere inside a rocket. Observer B is in an identical rocket outside the sphere where the ring's gravity is negligible. They are ...
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Do clocks tick faster when gravitational forces are weaker?
A professor last year taught us that "gravity slows clocks," when teaching about the relationship between gravity and time. This led me to think about places, such as intergalactic space, ...
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Does Matter Cause Curvature or Vice-Versa [closed]
From the way explanations about gravity-acceleration-curvature equivalence are usually phrased here or elsewhere, it would appear many or most think that matter causes space-time curvature.
I cannot ...
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Binary black hole merging condition
Assuming two black holes with the same rest mass $m$ collid coming from infinity with velocity $v$ and impact parameter $b$. Lets ignore spin at first. For which values of $v$ and $b$ would these ...
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How significant is the parabolic arch effected with an incline versus a decline in angle versus a decline in angle . For example throwing a dart
A dart players height can vary as can the height in which they raise their arm to aim.
Is there less parabolic arch when throwing at the same strength from above the target compared to below, due to ...
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Bound states between neutrinos using Schrödinger's equation?
I would like to see if it's possible that neutrinos (with sufficiently slow velocities) could form bound states in a universe with matter (such as ours)
There is a cosmic neutrino background in the ...
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Second-order equations of motion for higher derivative gravity?
We know that Lovelock gravity is the most general theory of gravity possible for Lagrangians which depend only on the metric tensor and the Riemann tensor
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L = L \left(g_{\alpha\beta},...
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Better equations for modeling and simulating a halo orbit?
I'm trying to model a halo orbit at low altitude (10m from surface). The satellite is using propulsion to trace the circular halo path. It looks like this "from the top" (the blue ball is ...
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Minimum energy to lift state of Utah one mile over 5-10 million years?
The following seems an elementary geophysics query, but I’m not sure
how to do a direct calculation. My geology text mentions that over the
past 5 to 10 million years, the state of Utah and some ...
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Does gravitational redshift conserve energy?
It is claimed that redshift due to cosmological expansion doesn't conserve energy. Does this exception also apply to gravitational redshift? Why or why not?
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Why is nonzero net charge density incompatible with the cosmological principle?
In an answer to a question about the overall charge-neutrality of the universe, benrg writes,
A nonzero net charge density is incompatible with the cosmological
principle. Unlike the gravitational ...
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Topological illustration of spacetime dilation: which function should I use for isometric lines spacing?
Scientific popularization, when it comes to illustrating spacetime dilation around massive objects, often relies on the description of a two-dimensional square-grid, which can be regarded as a cross-...
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How does gravity overpower a vacuum?
While watching experiments with vacuum chambers, I had a thought.
If you put a sealed box at normal atmospheric pressure inside a vacuum chamber, pumped out the air and pierced the pressurized box I'd ...
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When is it appropriate to say Newtonian gravity is a force? When is it not appropiate? [closed]
Please help me understand the notion of force when it is applied to Newtonian gravity. From my understanding forces in physics involve interactions with at least 2 objects and can cause an ...
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Why is the universe charge-neutral?
The positive charges (such as from the protons) of the universe are almost neutralized by the negative charges (such as from the electrons).
Is there an explanation for this neutrality? Does it ...
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Can gravity radiate?
In electromagnetism, when a charge accelerates, it emits radiation. We know this because we can write the retarded potentials, apply $\vec E=- \nabla V-\frac{\partial \vec{A}}{\partial t}$ and $\vec B=...
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Thought experiment regarding gravity
Let there be a mass $M$ which is a spherical shell of radius $R$.
Now the Gaussian flux about a enclosing sphere of radius $r$ where $r>R$ will be proportional to $M$ or $GM$ (where $G$ is the ...
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Why does a ball bounce back even when it is released and not thrown?
So according to my understanding when we thrown a ball towards ground we apply an additional amount of force which results in an acceleration greater than the one due to earth. When this ball reaches ...
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How does a mass that's dropped when strung by an inelastic, slack string continue its motion? [closed]
Say a mass is connected to a light, inextensible string of length $l$. The other end of the string is fixed to a point O. If initially, the mass is kept at a horizontal distance of $\frac {l}{2}$to ...
