From: philip.gibbs@pobox.com (Philip Gibbs)
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Subject: sci.physics.relativity Welcome - read this first! 
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Last-modified: 17 May 1998

              Welcome! to sci.physics.relativity
              ==================================

This newsgroup is the place to discuss and ask questions on the 
theory of relativity. It is an open forum where you can talk
about anything you like so long as it related to relativity and 
physics. Sci.physics.relativity is not moderated.

Please note that cross-posting from sci.physics.relativity
to other "sci." groups (except possibly alt.sci.physics.new-theories) 
is strongly discouraged. If you respond to a message which 
is cross-posted to irrelevant groups you should consider 
removing them from the newsgroup line as you post, or directing 
followups to a reduced list of groups. Cross-posting is
acceptable if it is limited to a very small number of other groups
where the subject is on topic and not considered overly speculative. 
For example, discussions about black holes and cosmology can be 
cross-posted to sci.astro, but faster-than-light travel or the
twin paradox should be posted to only this "sci." group. There
is no good reason to cross-post relativity threads to sci.physics.

There is a FAQ for this group which is attahced to the Physics FAQ.
It is available on the web at these sites:

USA: 
 http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/relativity.html 
 http://www.public.iastate.edu/~physics/sci.physics/faq/relativity.html 
 http://www.weburbia.com/physics/relativity.html 
UK: 
 http://hepweb.rl.ac.uk/ppUK/PhysFAQ/relativity.html 
 http://www.weburbia.demon.co.uk/physics/relativity.html 
Netherlands:
 http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/PhysFAQ/relativity.html
Germany: 
 http://www.desy.de/user/projects/Physics/relativity.html 
Australia: 
 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/physoc/physics_faq/relativity.html 
Taiwan: 
 http://www.phy.ncku.edu.tw/mirrors/physicsfaq/relativity.html

A single compressed file containing all the HTML files for the 
FAQ can be downloaded by FTP from ftp://ftp.weburbia.com/ 
Postscript files are also available there.

The editor of the Relativity FAQ is Philip Gibbs: pg@pobox.com

The unmoderated newsgroup sci.physics.relativity was created
in September 1996 with the following charter:

CHARTER: sci.physics.relativity

Appropriate postings would include, but not be limited to:

 1.  Queries regarding special and general relativity
 2.  How to resolve relativity paradoxes
 3.  Black holes, wormholes and singularities
 4.  Big Bang and other cosmological models of space-time
 5.  Equivalence of mass and energy
 6.  The speed of light and gravity
 7.  Time dilation, space contraction, redshifts
 8.  Causality, and faster than light travel
 9.  The large and small scale structure of space-time
10.  Discussion of the scope and validity of relativity
11.  Viability of alternative theories to relativity
12.  Experimental tests of Relativity
13.  Gravitational waves
14.  Theories and concepts which take us beyond relativity

The news group sci.physics.relativity will be open to
discussion on all levels. It will accept talk about
alternative theories and other controversial discussions
about relativity which would be outside the charter of
most other sci newsgroups, as well as more mainstream
discussion on physics as described by Einstein's theory
of relativity and modern research to develop more unified
theories combining relativity and quantum mechanics. This
reflects the kind of threads which are now popular in usenet
on the subject of relativity.

The Physics FAQ will be split and extended to create a new
relativity FAQ for this group. The FAQ introduction will
advise caution against cross-posting to other groups.

END CHARTER.