'Curved spacetime' presentation slideshows

What causes orbits?

What causes orbits?. What is a black hole?. General Relativity is a surprisingly good fit for grade-9 Astronomy. It explains and gives depth to many standard topics like. What is the big b ang ?.

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A brief history of cosmology

Basic concepts spatial extent finite (with edges) finite (unbounded) infinite our location Earth at centre Sun at centre solar system near centre solar system far from centre no centre. past and future both finite (creation, future destruction) both infinite (no beginning, no end)

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Gravitational waves

Research done at Nikhef. Gravitational waves. Gideon Koekoek January 10 th 2007. Overview of the talk. What are gravitational waves? Measuring gravitational waves What we @ Nikhef / Vu are doing Conclusions. What are gravitational waves?.

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Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime (QFTCST)

Shuhui Luo , Yuguang Chen. Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime (QFTCST). Overview. QFTCST in an extension of standard Minkowski space QFT. This is a huge topic. Particle interpretation depends on the observer. No way to define a canonical vacuum state.

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