Minkowski spacetime
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Spacetime — For other uses of this term, see Spacetime (disambiguation). Two dimensional analogy of spacetime distortion. Matter changes the geometry of spacetime, this (curved) geometry being interpreted as gravity. White lines do not represent the… … Wikipedia
Minkowski space — A diagram of Minkowski space, showing only two of the three spacelike dimensions. For spacetime graphics, see Minkowski diagram. In physics and mathematics, Minkowski space or Minkowski spacetime (named after the mathematician Hermann Minkowski)… … Wikipedia
spacetime — noun a) The four dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time. An event is a point in spacetime, specified by the coordinates x,y,z and t. b) An n dimensional continuum consisting of dimen … Wiktionary
Minkowski diagram — In the theory of relativity each observer assigns the event at A to a different time and location. The Minkowski diagram was developed in 1908 by Hermann Minkowski and provides an illustration of the properties of space and time in the special… … Wikipedia
Minkowski-Metrik — Die Raumzeit oder das Raum Zeit Kontinuum bezeichnet in der Relativitätstheorie die Vereinigung von Raum und Zeit in einer einheitlichen vierdimensionalen Struktur, in welcher die räumlichen und zeitlichen Koordinaten bei Transformationen in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Spacetime algebra — In mathematical physics, spacetime algebra is a name for the Clifford algebra C #x2113;1,3(R), which can be particularly closely associated with the geometry of special relativity and relativistic spacetime.It is a linear algebra allowing not… … Wikipedia
Asymptotically flat spacetime — An asymptotically flat spacetime is a Lorentzian manifold in which, roughly speaking, the curvature vanishes at large distances from some region, so that at large distances, the geometry becomes indistinguishable from that of Minkowski… … Wikipedia
Pp-wave spacetime — In general relativity, the pp wave spacetimes, or pp waves for short, are an important family of exact solutions of Einstein s field equation. These solutions model radiation moving at the speed of light. This radiation may consist of:*… … Wikipedia
Hermann Minkowski — Infobox Scientist name = Hermann Minkowski |300px caption = birth date = birth date|1864|6|22|mf=y birth place = Aleksotas, Kaunas, Lithuania, Russian Empire death date = death date and age|1909|1|12|1864|6|22|mf=y death place = Göttingen,… … Wikipedia
Quantum field theory in curved spacetime — is an extension of standard quantum field theory to curved spacetime. A general prediction of this theory is that particles can be created by time dependent gravitational fields, or by time independent graviational fields that contain… … Wikipedia
