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  2. Cavendish experiment - Wikipedia

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    Since there are two balls, each experiencing force F at a distance ⁠ L / 2 ⁠ from the axis of the balance, the torque due to gravitational force is LF. At equilibrium (when the balance has been stabilized at an angle θ {\displaystyle \theta } ), the total amount of torque must be zero as these two sources of torque balance out.

  3. Schwarzschild metric - Wikipedia

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    In Einstein's theory of general relativity, the Schwarzschild metric (also known as the Schwarzschild solution) is an exact solution to the Einstein field equations that describes the gravitational field outside a spherical mass, on the assumption that the electric charge of the mass, angular momentum of the mass, and universal cosmological constant are all zero.

  4. Gravitational energy - Wikipedia

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    It is the mechanical work done by the gravitational force to bring the mass from a chosen reference point (often an "infinite distance" from the mass generating the field) to some other point in the field, which is equal to the change in the kinetic energies of the objects as they fall towards each other. Gravitational potential energy ...

  5. Gravitational wave - Wikipedia

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    This type of instrument was the first type of gravitational wave detector. Strains in space due to an incident gravitational wave excite the bar's resonant frequency and could thus be amplified to detectable levels. Conceivably, a nearby supernova might be strong enough to be seen without resonant amplification.

  6. Geopotential spherical harmonic model - Wikipedia

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    For example, at a radius of 6600 km (about 200 km above Earth's surface) J 3 /(J 2 r) is about 0.002; i.e., the correction to the "J 2 force" from the "J 3 term" is in the order of 2 permille. The negative value of J 3 implies that for a point mass in Earth's equatorial plane the gravitational force is tilted slightly towards the south due to ...

  7. Gravitoelectromagnetism - Wikipedia

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    ρ g is mass density, with SI unit kg⋅m −3; ρ is charge density; J g is mass current density or mass flux (J g = ρ g v ρ, where v ρ is the velocity of the mass flow), with SI unit kg⋅m −2 ⋅s −1; J is electric current density; G is the gravitational constant; ε 0 is the vacuum permittivity; c is both the speed of propagation of ...

  8. Scattering amplitude - Wikipedia

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    In quantum physics, the scattering amplitude is the probability amplitude of the outgoing spherical wave relative to the incoming plane wave in a stationary-state scattering process. [1] At large distances from the centrally symmetric scattering center, the plane wave is described by the wavefunction [ 2 ]

  9. Love number - Wikipedia

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    The Love number l represents the ratio of the horizontal (transverse) displacement of an element of mass of the planet's crust to that of the corresponding static ocean tide. [3] In potential notation the transverse displacement is l ∇ ( V ( θ , ϕ ) ) / g {\displaystyle l\nabla (V(\theta ,\phi ))/g} , where ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } is ...