Light falls in a gravitational field, for instance, a laser beam fired horizontally across a room will be closer to the ground on the side where it hits the far wall than it was when it left the laser. Likewise, … Read More
Tag: General relativity
The Equivalence Principle & Black Holes
The equivalence principle is one of the laws of nature and it is connected with the nature of gravitation. In general relativity theory, the equivalence principle states that a gravitational field is locally equivalent to an accelerated frame. To be … Read More