Relativity Classroom Aids
Teaching Relativity can be difficult. These classroom aids can help.
Land speed records The Speed of Sound The Sound Barrier Air and Space speed records Galilean transformations Galileo’s Seed of Light Ole Roemer’s Speed of Light Fizeau’s speed of light Maxwell’s Speed of Light Michelson Interferometer Michelson-Morley Experiment Speed of Light by Time of Flight Speed of Light by Wavelength x Frequency
Special Relativity Introduction Time dilation Space contraction Adding velocities Mass-energy and momentum Simultaneity lost Special Relativity postulates Space-Time Minkowski Space Twin Paradox
General Relativity I – Geometry
Equivalence Principle Inertial vs Gravitational Mass Absolute vs Relative Space and Time Non-Euclidean Geometry Measuring Geodesics Riemannian Curvature Tensor Einstein Field Equations
Testing General Relativity Introduction Mercury’s Orbit test Bending Light test Light Cone Tipping Gravitational Redshift Test Pound Rebka Experiment Gravitational Time Dilation Twin Paradox Resolved
Gravitational Lensing Introduction Einstein Rings The Gravitational Lens Itself Flickering Quasars to the Hubble Constant Gravitationally Lensed Supernovae Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies Gravitationally Lensed Stars
Black Hole Introduction Black Hole Categories Frame Dragging and the Kerr Metric Black Hole Formation Accretion Disk Dynamics Accretion Disk Jets Anatomy of a Black Hole First Ever Black Hole Image Finding Black Hole Cygnus X-1 Finding SMBH Sagittarius A Star Finding an IMBH in M4 Finding a Black Hole via a Disappearing Star Finding a Black Hole with Gravitational Microlensing Abell 1201 SMBH Lens SMBH Accretion Disk Composition A Few Interesting Super Massive Black Holes Galaxies Orbiting a Distant Quasar Two Oldest Black Holes James Webb and the Big Bang Timeline
Gravitational Waves Introduction Gravitational Wave Geometry Creating a Gravitational Wave
Coalescing Neutron Stars Coalescing Black Holes Gravitational Wave Source Spectrum 1st Gravitational Wave Evidence Detecting Gravitational Waves – LIGO 1st Gravitational Wave Ever Detected
The Largest Gravitational Wave Next Gen GW Interferometers Pulsar Timing Arrays Big Bang Gravitational Waves