tests of general relativity, classical
The first two tests of general relativity were the comparison between prediction and observation for the perihelion advance of the planet Mercury and for the deflection of light near the Sun. In 1959, measurements of the gravitational redshift provided an ...
test particles
In the context of gravity: body whose mass is so small, that it can be used to probe the gravitational influences of their bodies, as its own gravitational field is too small to affect or change the situation in any significant way. Analogously, in ...
temperature
In systems consisting of many particles, be they solid bodies, fluids or gases, the constitutents are in constant, chaotic motion: the atoms in a solid crystal oscillate a bit, the molecules of a gas are in rapid, disordered motion, and so on. The average ...
Syracuse University
Research university (enrolment ca. 20,000) in New York State. Research topics of the physics department include classical and quantum gravity, cosmology and gravitational waves. Theoretical Cosmology and Elementary Particle Physics at Syracuse ...
synchrotron
A particle accelerator, in which particles are accelerated with the help of electric fields, while strong magnetic fields keep them on track (the fact that ever-stronger magnetic fields are needed as acceleration proceeds is a consequence of the ...
