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Lecture 05: General Relativity - Physics & Astronomy - Northeastern ...

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Special<strong>Relativity</strong><strong>Northeastern</strong>IllinoisUniversity<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 PulsarPulsarPulsar = Pulsating star. Highly magnetized, rotatingneutron-stars which emit pulses of radio waves.Optical & X-ray image of crab nebulaCosmology c○2004, 2007 G. Anderson <strong>Physics</strong> III – slide 26 / 37

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