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Relativity H7: General relativity 1 Special relativity is concerned with inertial frames that are not accelerating But what happens when the inertial frame is accelerating This is the subject of General Relativity 2 What effect does mass have? Gravity: tendency of massive bodies to attract each other Inertia: resistance of a body against changes of its current state of motion 3 Is gravity and inertia the same thing ? No. They are completely different physical concepts. There is no a priori reason, why they should be identical. In fact, for the electromagnetic force (Coulomb force), the source (the charge Q) and inertia (m) are indeed different. But for gravity they appear to be identical Equivalence Principle 4 The equivalence principle Einstein’s principle of equivalence states No experiment can be performed that could distinguish between a uniform gravitational field and an equivalent uniform acceleration 5 Eötvös experiment 6 Result of the Eötvös experiment Gravitational and inertial mass are identical to one part in a billion modern experiments: identical to one part in a hundred billion 7 What effect does mass have? Source of gravity F G M mgravity r 2 Inertia F minertia a 8 Principle of Equivalence F minertial a G M mgravity r 2 mgravity M G 2 a r minertial 9 Implications of General Relativity Gravitational mass and inertial mass are not just proportional, but completely equivalent A clock in the presence of gravity runs more slowly than one where gravity is negligible The frequencies of radiation emitted by atoms in a strong gravitational field are shifted to lower frequencies This has been detected in the spectral lines emitted by atoms in massive stars 10 More Implications of General Relativity A gravitational field may be “transformed away” at any point if we choose an appropriate accelerated frame of reference – a freely falling frame Einstein specified a certain quantity, the curvature of time-space, that describes the gravitational effect at every point 11 Testing General Relativity General Relativity predicts that a light ray passing near the Sun should be deflected by the curved space-time created by the Sun’s mass The prediction was confirmed by astronomers during a total solar eclipse in 1919 12 Bending light rays If a rocket ship is undergoing constant acceleration and a flash light is shown on one side of the rocket ship towards the other side, the light will not hit the opposite side of the ship at the same height as the window. 13 Bending light rays The light will leave point A traveling at the speed of light in a purely horizontal direction. When it reaches the other wall it will not reach the same height. According to Einstein’s principle of equivalence light will also bend in a gravitational field… 14 Gravitational time dilation Time slows down in a strong gravitational field clocks undergoing acceleration will run slow compared to non-accelerating clocks the greater the gravitational field, the greater the time dilation 15 Gravitational time dilation Clocks on the ground floor of a tall building will run slower than those in the upper floors; if you want to keep (relatively) young, find a job in the basement - or become a miner! 16 Gravitational time dilation Special relativity t t0 General relativity t t0 1 v2 1 2 c 1 2GM 2 1 Rc 2 G = Gravitational constant, M is the mass and R is the radius 17 Minkowski’s spacetime As we have seen, time intervals, lengths, and simultaneity is relative and depend on the relative velocity of the observer. velocity connects time and space Let’s stop separating space and time, let’s rather talk about spacetime spacetime is 4 dimensional, 3 spatial + 1 time dimension but is space and time really the same thing ? 18 Minkowski diagram time ct light: x=ct space x 19 World lines — slowly moving world line of a particle ct x 20 World lines — fast moving world line of a particle ct x 21 Faster than speed of light ? ct x 22 geometrical interval y1 y (x1,y1) y y2 s2= y2 + x2 x x1 (x2,y2) x x2 23 Spacetime interval ct1 (x1,t1) c ct t ct2 x1 s2= (ct)2 – x2 x x (x2,t2) x2 24 Spacetime interval – sign: difference between space and time s2 is invariant under Lorentz transformation for particle moving at speed of light: x = ct s2= 0 light like (null) distance 25 Character of spacetime intervals s2>0 ct > x spatial distance can be traveled by speed of light there exist an inertial frame, in which the two events happen at the same position but they never happen simultaneously time like distance s2<0 ct < x spatial distance cannot be traveled by speed of light there exist an inertial frame, in which the two events happen simultaneously but they never happen at the same place space like distance 26 Warping of spacetime Gravitation can be explained by the curvature of spacetime. As an object travels in straight line in curved space its path will curve towards a massive object. No force is needed to explain the change of path, the curvature of spacetime is enough to explain the motion. Pretty clever. 27 Warping of spacetime These diagrams shows the change in path of a light wave close to a massive body 28 Newtonian gravity What velocity is required to leave the gravitational field of a planet or star? vesc 2G M R Example: Earth Radius: R = 6470 km = 6.47106 m Mass: M = 5.97 1024 kg escape velocity: vesc = 11.1 km/s 29 Newtonian gravity What velocity is required to leave the gravitational field of a planet or star? vesc 2G M R Example: Sun Radius: R = 700 000 km = 7108 m Mass: M = 21030 kg escape velocity: vesc = 617 km/s 30 Newtonian gravity What velocity is required to leave the gravitational field of a planet or star? 2G M vesc R Example: a solar mass White Dwarf Radius: R = 5000 km = 5106 m Mass: M = 21030 kg escape velocity: vesc = 7300 km/s 31 Newtonian gravity What velocity is required to leave the gravitational field of a planet or star? 2G M vesc R Example: a solar mass neutron star Radius: R = 10 km = 104 m Mass: M = 21030 kg escape velocity: vesc = 163 000 km/s ½ c 32 Newtonian gravity Can an object be so small that even light cannot escape ? 2G M RS 2 c RS: “Schwarzschild Radius” Example: for a solar mass Mass: M = 21030 kg Schwarzschild Radius: RS = 3 km 33 Some definitions ... The Schwarzschild radius RS of an object of mass M is the radius, at which the escape speed is equal to the speed of light. The event horizon is a sphere of radius RS. Nothing within the event horizon, not even light, can escape to the world outside the event horizon. A Black Hole is an object whose radius is smaller than its event horizon. 34 Sizes of objects 35 Let’s do it within the context of general relativity — spacetime spacetime distance (flat space): s c t R 2 2 time 2 2 space Fourth coordinate: ct time coordinate has different sign than spatial coordinates 36 Let’s do it within the context of general relativity — spacetime spacetime distance (curved space of a point mass): RGM 11 2 2 S 2 2 2 2 ss 11 2 c ctt R 2GM 1 cR R 1 RS c/2 RR 22 time space 37 What happens if R RS RS 2 2 1 s 1 R 2 c t R 1 RS / R 2 time space R > RS: everything o.k.: time: +, space: but gravitational time dilation and length contraction R RS: time 0 space R < RS: signs change!! time: , space: + “space passes”, everything falls to the center infinite density at the center, singularity 38 Structure of a Black Hole 39 What happens to an astronaut who falls into a black hole? Far outside: nothing special Falling in: long before the astronaut reaches the event horizon, he/she is torn apart by tidal forces For an outside observer: astronaut becomes more and more redshifted The astronaut’s clock goes slower and slower An outside observer never sees the astronaut crossing the event horizon. 40 What happens, if an astronaut falls into a black hole? For the astronaut: He/she reaches and crosses the event horizon in a finite time. Nothing special happens while crossing the event horizon (except some highly distorted pictures of the local environment) After crossing the event horizon, the astronaut has 10 microseconds to enjoy the view before he/she reaches the singularity at the center. 41 Doppler effect (for sound) The pitch of an approaching car is higher than that of a car moving away. 42 Doppler effect (for light) The light of an approaching source is shifted to the blue, the light of a receding source is shifted to the red. 43 Doppler effect The light of an approaching source is shifted to the blue, the light of a receding source is shifted to the red. blue shift red shift 44 Doppler effect redshift: z=0: not moving z=2: v=0.8c z=: v=c 45 Doppler effect The formula for normal Doppler effect is v0 f f 1 v This is modified for general relativity f gh 2 f c 46