Lecture 05: General Relativity - Physics & Astronomy - Northeastern ...
Lecture 05: General Relativity - Physics & Astronomy - Northeastern ...
Lecture 05: General Relativity - Physics & Astronomy - Northeastern ...
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<strong>Northeastern</strong>IllinoisUniversityLight in an Accelerated FrameSpecial<strong>Relativity</strong><strong>General</strong><strong>Relativity</strong>MilestonesPrinciple ofEquivalence<strong>General</strong><strong>Relativity</strong>PositiveCurvatureNegativeCurvatureCurvature &Energy DensityGravity fromCurvature“Bending” ofLightGravitationalLensingPrecession ofperihelionGravitationalRed ShiftBlack HolesBlack Holes IIPulsarGravitationalWavesBinary PulsarA homogeneous gravitational field is equivalent to auniformly accelerated reference frame.⋆v ≠ 0a = 0⋆⋆Cosmology c○2004, 2007 G. Anderson <strong>Physics</strong> III – slide 12 / 37⋆⋆⋆⋆