Spacetime Definition and 1000 Threads

  1. jk22

    A Fractional spacetime, dimension equation

    Suppose we use fractional derivatives (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_calculus) in GR, hence we have a local group symmetry ##SO(3-\epsilon,1+\epsilon)## does any reference exist about an equation for ##\epsilon## ?, since it could depend on coordinates too.
  2. LightAintSoFast

    A Equations for computing null geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime

    My project for obtaining my master's degree in computer science involved ray tracing in Schwarzschild spacetime in order to render images of black holes. These light rays had to be computed numerically using the geodesic equation. However, I ran into a problem. The geodesic equation is given as...
  3. A

    A Why is this Pilot-wave model on a discrete spacetime stochastic?

    Look at the paper in the link below: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10701-016-0026-7.pdf It introduces a pilot-wave model on a discrete spacetime lattice. However, the pilot-wave model is not deterministic; the motion of quantum particles is described by a |Ψ|^2-distributed...
  4. S

    I Is spacetime emergent - and in which theories?

    Some physicists, like Nima, Ed. Witten, Gross, and others have said/suggested that space-time is doomed, or emergent from something more fundamental. What ideas would replace space-time? Something similar to a perfect material? A fluid? Geometry? Quantum field theory of some sort? Entanglement...
  5. PeterDonis

    Insights Fermi-Walker Transport in Kerr Spacetime - Comments

    Greg Bernhardt submitted a new blog post Fermi-Walker Transport in Kerr Spacetime Continue reading the Original Blog Post.
  6. PeterDonis

    Insights Fermi-Walker Transport in Schwarzschild Spacetime - Comments

    Greg Bernhardt submitted a new blog post Fermi-Walker Transport in Schwarzschild Spacetime Continue reading the Original Blog Post.
  7. PeterDonis

    A Extra Killing Vector Field in Kerr Spacetime?

    In a recent thread, the following was posted regarding the "no hair" theorem for black holes: In the arxiv paper linked to, it says the following (p. 2, after Theorem 1.1): "Hawking has shown that in addition to the original, stationary, Killing field, which has to be tangent to the event...
  8. G

    I Electromagnetic Curr. in Curved Spacetime: Questions Answered

    I assume this forum to be the appropriate one, since the real problem is about covariance rather than electromagnetism. In electrodynamics in a curved background, the relation ##F^{\mu \nu} = A^{\mu , \nu} - A^{\mu , \nu}## stays in terms of ordinary derivatives. So, in particular ##F_{,\mu...
  9. A

    I Geodesics in 4D Spacetime: An Overview

    The geodesic for 2-D, 3-D are straight lines. For a 4-D spacetime (x1,x2,x3,t) what would be it's geodesic.?? The tangent vector components are ##V^0=\frac{∂t}{∂λ} , V^i=\frac{∂x^i}{∂λ},i=1,2,3## & ##(\nabla_V V)^\mu=(V^\nu \nabla_\nu V)^\mu=0,(\nu,\mu=0,1,2,3)##
  10. PeterDonis

    Insights How to Study Fermi-Walker Transport in Minkowski Spacetime

    Greg Bernhardt submitted a new blog post How to Study Fermi-Walker Transport in Minkowski Spacetime Continue reading the Original Blog Post.
  11. F

    B Any interest in a spacetime diagram generator?

    Hi, I've written a script-based spacetime diagram generator. I have no idea if it has any value for anyone besides myself—you may have access to better tools than I do. When I looked for spacetime generators, I only found some very limited web tools and one downloadable program that wasn't much...
  12. M

    I Spacetime as emergent quantum phenomenon

    Published in the peer reviewed Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics is the intriguing paper with the following abstract: https://file.scirp.org/Html/11-1721242_88041.htm "Entanglement and the tunnel effect phenomena have been repeatedly observed and are generically accepted under...
  13. Osvaldo

    I Spacetime Curvature: Eliptical Orbital Paths & Keppler Laws

    Though it is hard not to believe in the spacetime curvature that cause planets to follow curved path arround massive objects, I wander how come these paths are eliptical, the object change velocity when moving arround the massive object and what is more obeys the Keppler laws. If there is not...
  14. K

    I Books on Spacetime Hypersurfaces & Foliations of Space Time

    Can anyone recommend me good books on the topics of Spacetime Hypersurfaces and Foliations of Space Time?
  15. Buckethead

    B Spacetime curvature due to acceleration causing gravity?

    In reviewing one of Einstein's thought experiments, the accelerating elevator in space, and the resulting bending of light passing through the elevator, Einstein's predicted that light will bend in gravity. Now Einstein's original prediction was off by a factor of 2 because he hadn't yet...
  16. A

    A Dark matter and spacetime metric

    I'm wondering if the galactic rotation curves could be attributed to a deviation of the metric of spacetime from the ideal Schwarzschild metric. The Schwarzschild-metric is a well tested good approximation for the regions near the central mass - but at the outer space, far away from the...
  17. M

    I Uniqueness theorems for black holes

    I am under the impression, there is no unique solutions to Einstein's field equations for a cosmological constant, or for higher dimensional spacetimes. Has anybody got a counter example for a solution including the cosmo constant to show there are multiple solutions, for example, i know of the...
  18. wolram

    B What does 4 D spacetime look like?

    I imagine Earths gravity well as a vibrating bubble, vibrating because all the other planets disturb it , then the galaxy as a seething mass of bubbles, then gravitational y bound galaxies as conjoined bubbles, I know this may be wrong but I can not imagine any thin else. What does 4D space...
  19. Nadeen

    B Question about time and its relation to spacetime

    As per my intro post, I don’t consider myself to have any science background beyond high school education. In a philosophy thread about time on City-Data Forum, where most of the entries are just general unscientific musings, I saw the following post: “Time is a distance in spacetime: v =x/t...
  20. N

    B Does a gyroscope bend spacetime?

    I've tried to find the answer to this but I can't I know what we experience as gravity is the bending of space by the mass of the Earth. But, a gyroscope is able to defy the Earths bending of space. Does a gyroscope on a small scale bend space perpendicular to the Earths bending and that's why...
  21. cianfa72

    I About spacetime coordinate systems

    Hi, There is a point that, in my opinion, is not quite emphasized in the context of general relativity. It is the notion of spacetime coordinate systems that from the very foundation of general relativity are assumed to be all on the same footing. Nevertheless I believe each of them has to be...
  22. J

    B Spacetime and Worldlines: Exploring the Finite Nature

    Hi everyone! Sorry for the bad English! I do understand (or at least I guess I do) that there's no universal clock and time in other worldlines may be dilated in relation to my worldline. What I don't get is why the spacetime must be a "finished" block and not an " open ended towards the...
  23. Dante Meira

    B Do Permanent Magnets Bend Spacetime? Basic Thread

    Basic level thread here. If gravity "bends" the spacetime continuum, do a strong permanent magnet bend spacetime too? I'm no physicist, I'm layman, and I just don't know how this "bending" of spacetime works when a Jumbo jet is in free fall from 10 thousand meters high, pulled by Earth's...
  24. Prez Cannady

    I Inhomogeneous Wave Eq. & Minkowski Spacetime Interval

    Answer is probably not, but is there some connection between the inhomogeneous wave equation with a constant term and the spacetime interval in Minkowski space? $$ 1) ~~ \nabla^2 u - \frac{1}{c^2} \frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2} = \sum_{i=0}^2 \frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x_i^2} -...
  25. I

    Spacetime Invariant interval and gamma

    I am revisiting the invariant interval spacetime issue , as explained in the book Spacetime Physics by E.F. Taylor and A. Wheeler. The explanation is clear and the invariant interval is correct, based on the data given and this is the whole point I am making, as explained below. In a...
  26. J

    I How does everything move at C through spacetime?

    Tldr: relative to what are we traveling through spacetime at the speed of light. It must be relative to something not moving through space nor time, which doesn't exist. (And possibly light, not sure though because light doesn't experience traveling through time) I understand we are talking...
  27. Ibix

    I Maximally extended Schwarzschild spacetime

    I have a very quick question about the maximally extended Schwarzschild spacetime. I know you can't reach regions III and IV from I and II, and vice versa. But can you see in? If I'm in region I and I look down, the null paths reaching me originated in the white hole singularity. Likewise in...
  28. K

    I What is the energy density of spacetime?

    Vacuum or dark energy have energy densities. (Markus, a science advisor at Physics Forums in 2003, estimated that dark energy has an energy density of about 0.5 Joule per cubic km.) I assume that the structure of space-time has an energy density, that it was measured and that it can be...
  29. G

    I Can Spacetime Perturbance Reveal Paths in the Double Slit Experiment?

    Hi. Would it be possible (at least in principle) to use the spacetime perturbance caused by the energy-momentum of a photon (or any other particle) to figure out which way it took in a double slit experiment? Can this question even be answered in today's attempts at quantum gravity?
  30. P

    I How do we calculate galactic gravitation?

    <Moderator's note: Several threads merged and moved to cosmology.> So I’m wondering about gravity. I was under the impression that gravity was created due to the curvature of 4d spacetime and whatnot. Can someone explain to me what gravitons are in relation to that? Are the gravitons making...
  31. C

    B Parallel Spacetimes: Matter & Antimatter Separated?

    Is it possible for two plains of parallel spacetime to exist separated by some sort of void? One being antimatter and one being matter with the void bringing neutral territory. Like a piece of paper between two big magnets.
  32. snoopies622

    B Lorentz Invariant Paths in Spacetime

    Last night I was pleasantly surprised to discover that, given a particle trajectory x^2 - c^2t^2 = a^2 when viewed through a Lorentz transformation x' = \gamma (x-vt) t' = \gamma (t - vx/c^2) produces exactly the same shape x'^2 - c^2t'^2 = a^2 . I suppose this is equivalent to the...
  33. J

    I GR vs Newtonian Physics: Mass Curving Spacetime & Gravity Effects

    In GR Mass is said to curve spacetime which is the explanation for Gravity versus Newtonian physics where it is explained as all matter attracts each other. My question is how does curved spacetime cause objects traveling at different velocities to follow different paths? If gravity was only due...
  34. jaketodd

    I Quantum Mechanics in Spacetime: Is it Discrete?

    A long time ago, someone told me that Einstein thought spacetime is "smooth and continuous." Quantum mechanics is a proven fact. Quantum mechanics exists in spacetime, though. So can we at least conclude that spacetime is not continuous, and instead discrete? ...quanta of space and time...
  35. S

    I Integral over a region in spacetime

    Hello, can anyone show me if this integral can be evaluated? ##\frac{1}{a_0^2}\int_\Sigma\frac{dy'dz'}{\bigg(y'^2+z'^2+\tfrac{1}{(2a_0)^2}\bigg)^2}##
  36. S

    MHB Integral of a portion of spacetime

    Hello, I have difficulty in evaluating this integral. Can anyone assists? $\frac{1}{a_0^2}\int_\Sigma\frac{dy'dz'}{\bigg(y'^2+z'^2+\tfrac{1}{(2a_0)^2}\bigg)^2}$
  37. R

    I How do you draw a spacetime diagram and what equation describes it?

    According to Minkowski, spacetime for non-accelerated systems is a four dimensional continuum which has four axes (three space, one time) set mutually at right angles to each other. The velocity of a body moving in a straight line will be the resultant of the component velocities along the...
  38. R

    I Is Velocity Through Spacetime Always Equal to 'c'?

    I have read that the velocity of a body through spacetime is equal to 'c'. Can I therefore draw a spacetime velocity diagram (triangle) with sides: "v" velocity through space...
  39. Sorcerer

    I What is the mechanism by which energy/stress curves spacetime

    I have seen the equations relating energy, momentum, pressure/stress to the metric tensor and the curvature of spacetime, as I’m sure most people have. But what is the mechanism? I’ve read an interpretation in Quora (horrid source, I know) where energy and stress are basically “pushing” space...
  40. N

    B Shape of Spacetime: Exploring Relativity & Simultaneity

    It's been a couple of years since I've posted here, and am trying to get back into learning SR. I wanted to start with a general question: You often hear the phrase "we are moving through time". I've also seen space-time described many times as like a block. Another way I've seen it described is...
  41. George Keeling

    Spacetime and Geometry: Vanishing commutators#2

    This is a refinement of a previous thread (here). I hope I am following correct protocol. Homework Statement I am studying Spacetime and Geometry : An Introduction to General Relativity by Sean M Carroll and have a question about commutators of vector fields. A vector field on a manifold can...
  42. George Keeling

    Spacetime and Geometry: Vanishing commutators

    Homework Statement I am studying Spacetime and Geometry : An Introduction to General Relativity by Sean M Carroll and have a question about commutators of vector fields. A vector field on a manifold can be thought of as differential operator which transforms smooth functions to smooth functions...
  43. S

    B Energy & Momentum of Spacetime w/o Mass

    So the gravitational field has energy and momentum, and so you can never have a spacetime with an energy stress tensor set to 0. Is this like a constant then? that you can calculate for a portion of spacetime with no "stress energy tensor"?
  44. rumborak

    I If all of spacetime was created with the Big Bang....

    ...why do people like Stephen Hawking talk about things/events "before" the Big Bang? If time (as part of spacetime) was created with this event, it also marks the point in time that had no "before", doesn't it?
  45. Delta2

    I Does Physics Allow for a Time Component in Vector Quantities?

    Are there any theories in physics that allow for a time component of the various vector quantities besides the x,y,z components? For example the velocity of a particle to have a time component ##v_t## besides the x,y,z components ##v_x,v_y,v_z##
  46. shahbaznihal

    A On metric and connection independence

    Some models of gravity, inspired by the main theme of spacetime fabric of Classical GR, treat the metric of the manifold and the connection as independent entities. I want to study this theory further but I am unable to find any paper on this, on ariXiv atleast. I will be very thankful if...
  47. T

    I Is the Milky Way's halo curved spacetime?

    If the Milky Way's halo is displaced supersolid dark matter, and the state of displacement of the supersolid dark matter is referred to geometrically as curved space-time, then is the Milky Way's halo the physical manifestation of curved space-time?
  48. B

    I Reconciling Spacetime & Quantum Uncertainty

    These two ideas seem to be categorically opposed. The concept of an event as a point in spacetime seems to not square with uncertainty and the concept of quantum intrinsic randomness seems to not square with unchanging spacetime... Assuming it is unnecessary to explain further why this is a...
  49. Islam Hassan

    I Black Holes: Draining Empty Spacetime?

    If a black hole that is feeding is actually ingesting the spacetime around it (and hence whatever may lie in that spacetime including light) what does it do when it is not ingesting but nonetheless has very strong gravitational attraction? Does it sit there dragging empty spacetime into it? If...
  50. J

    I What is the fastest time can go?

    If I understand spacetime correctly, if you max out the "space" component (travel as fast as possible), you will travel at the speed of light (speed of causality) and time will stop (or nearly stop) advancing for you.. but what if stopped completely? so you stayed stationary in the exact x y z...
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