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GENERAL RELATIVITY Curved Space-Time

GENERAL RELATIVITY Curved Space-Time. Intrinsic curvature Curvature of Spacetime Geodesic motion. Intrinsic Curvature. Airlines follow the shortest path This is not a straight line because the Earth’s surface is intrinsically * curved. *Cannot be made flat without

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GENERAL RELATIVITY Curved Space-Time

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  1. GENERAL RELATIVITY Curved Space-Time • Intrinsic curvature • Curvature of Spacetime • Geodesic motion

  2. Intrinsic Curvature Airlines follow the shortest path This is not a straight line because the Earth’s surface is intrinsically* curved *Cannot be made flat without stretching or tearing

  3. Intrinsic curvature measured by triangulation Draw any triangle = 3 points joined by geodesic paths *Geodesic – path of shortest or longest travel in curved space (in flat space this is a straight line) Σ angles > 180o Σ angles < 180oΣ angles = 180o The first 2 shapes cannot be made from a flat piece of paper without tearing or stretching

  4. General Relativity’s BIG IDEA Generalization of curved space to more than 2 dimensions Mathematician -> Riemann, Einstein used this work for GR. Space-time is intrinsically curved by mass. This alters motion of other masses `as if by’ gravity force (but there isn’t any) …And it dilates time

  5. General Relativity’s Law of Motion In Free-fall (IRF, no forces) the world-line is a geodesic path in curved space-time Geodesics have longest proper-time elapsed -> forced motion suffers time dilation Reminiscent of Newton’s First Law Straight line in flat space -> geodesic in space-time Curved Space-time agrees precisely with change of Mercury’s perihelion ….and many, many of other measurements of gravity

  6. Speculation…..what about the other forces of nature (nuclear and electromagnetic)? Are they real? Or are they also an illusion of space-time? Could there be more dimensions of space representing these forces? WE DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER YET. WE ARE SEARCHING FOR EXTRA DIMENSIONS…. Looking for particles that are travelling them

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