Is space-time curvature greater inside the hydrogen atom or outside?
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Since hydrogen atom is considered the basic of matter formation.\nThe space-time curvature is the same both inside and outside the hydrogen atom.
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It's an interesting idea, but subatomic particles that do not have electrons are also affected by time dilation (cosmic rays for instance).  And electrons do not literally spin around a nucleus (as far as we can tell) there is a potential for it to be anywhere in a give shell at any given time.
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The orbital radius in H is about an anstrom 10^-10 M\nFor Dirac and some calculations it is a point source with a wave function and a propability of finding the particle.
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The sun is associated with greater curvature, because it is a high concentration of mass that actually pulls and twists space time around itself. The universe, by contrast, is very flat because it is mostly empty and only has local regions of curvature.\n\nThis can be proven by noting that light bends quite a bit around the sun, but light from the other end of the universe(the CMB) has been altered very little. If it had high positive curvature like that of the sun, light from the other side of the universe would be magnified, which it is not.
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Its a general rule that things with mass will curve space time. This is through the theory of general relativity and universal gravitation. However, what we do not know is if gravity is responsible for frame dragging (where the mass actually twists space time) or just making a dent in it, or a combo of both. Additionally, many scientists are uncomfortable with relativity because it doesnt agree with quantum mechanics and the math is useless when applying it to black holes, both of which are equally real and can be proven. But why? Im afraid that that is a philosphical question that can be answered simply: they just do. And dont go there because that is a pandora's box, just keep things simple.
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Time and space is distorted everywhere by everything. That is not a wild statement it is the truth. matter, any matter or energy, by its nature distorts space and time at a predictable magnitude.
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To the extent that there was a conflict, it was resolved by Dirac. His was a quantum theory that directly included relativistic invariance. His equation is now the basis for our understanding of relativistic electrons. As of now, we don't have a way of reconciling quantum theory and *general* relativity, though.
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mathematical dilemma. there is no answer to the question. Well at least none that are known. Just like the elements we know there out there but we have to figure them out first.  just like Einstein theory of fusion. its passable just not proved.
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proton and neutron, the electrons are on the outer shell
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Time And Relative Dimension In Space
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Gravitons are theoretical "virtual particles"...it is an attempt that quantum mechanics makes to explain gravity...but general relativity with its curve in spacetime explains it much better.
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Hi Itsverystrange\n\nIt is actually true that distant galaxies can (and are) travelling away from us at apparently greater than the speed of light.  Any galaxies outside our Hubble volume (r = c/H) are apparently receding from us at greater than c - this is why they're outside our past light cone.  \n\nThere's no conflict with special relativity here because SRT is a strictly local theory.  The coordinate system itself is doing the expanding, the galaxies aren't moving with respect to their local coordinates.\n\nHope this helps!\nThe Chicken
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space time is theory, it is not an individually absolute\nconcept, it depends on relative motion between\ndifferent objects and distinct observers......\nDifferent observers will have different answers\nfrom their point of reference.....\nWe all exist in space time, yet space & time as a\nwhole are different from the parts which we try\nto understand with our perceptions which can and\ndo show illusions of our mind-set ...\nYou can find this idea of space & time in Einstein's\nSpecial Relativity Theory ........\n\nentanglement falls under Quantum Physics and deals\nwith the phenomenon of spatially distant particles having\ncorrelated properties .......
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Basically the same as the model of the hydrogen atom, but with more of everything!\nEach of the electrons follows it's own path, which are all perfectly circular orbits and are arranged so as to have the maximum distance between orbits possible. I'm not sure about the energy levels, or if the orbits all have the same radius...
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The basic idea behind space-time comes from Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, so if you’ll bear with me for a moment… What he proposed was a totally new, geometrical description of space and time that led to a different description of gravity—one that linked space to time and mass to energy in a fundamentally geometrical fashion. In other words, mass(-energy) shapes space(-time) instead of acting like a “force” in the traditional Newtonian sense. This alteration in the fundamental geometry of space-time is often described as the “curvature” or “bending” of space. \n\n(Thus, in Newton’s description of gravity, one would say that all bodies exert an attractive gravitational force on one another; “space” is just the place where it happens. In Einstein’s conception, one would say that all bodies change the underlying geometry of space—and time, too—in a way that causes them to be attracted to one another.)\n\nWhat’s important to note is that, in Einstein’s conception, space and time are linked together in a way that doesn’t allow the two to be considered separately.  So we often talk of space-time being “warped” or “curved” by the presence of mass(-energy). The only we see space-time deformed in the Universe around us is by the presence of a lot of matter—light being bent around the Sun, clocks being affected by Earth’s gravity, that sort of thing.  \n\nThe caveat I feel compelled to add is that curvature or bending really only provides an analogy to what the equations tell us. If you want to imagine the effects of an object on its surrounding space(-time), then you can think of it as changing the shape of space(-time) in its vicinity. The distortion is real—we can measure its effects—but the images that are often presented (of flexible sheets of space-time with bowling balls or marbles rolling around on them) simply present analogous situations.\n\nI guess that’s a lot more than you asked for.  I hope it helps.\n\n\nRyan Wyatt\nRose Center for Earth & Space\nNew York, New York
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Your question, although it sounds absurd, probably has some research you could find on the topic. It is amazing how theoretical the major branches of science, which actively rely on theory assumed to be true in every day application, still are. I'd apply my brain to it but I gave up this particular line of thinking (which brings up the point to place here why I'm posting) after reading a Linus Pauling book section several years ago where he begins to introduce the "idea" of distal electrons taking up spaces on atoms and molecules locally, yet the bond slots they should be in are locally empty. The basic gist was, nobody knows if its true (mainly because they can't prove it) however, effects observed locally can't be explained without excepting the theory that an electron billions of light years away can be attached to a local, apparently empty electron bond slot.
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If Einstein is correct, then space/time is FLAT. The thing that distorts it is MASS, objects have Mass, in space time this is GRAVITATIONAL mass, so if you try to think of space as a rubber sheet, drop a weight, ( a planet, a star) onto this and it will distort, this distortion is the GRAVITATIONAL PULL of any Massive Object. Even things as small as atoms exert a gravitational pull.