Re: relativity of simultaneity - real or perceived?

On 22 May 2005 11:53:08 -0700, "Curious" <anthonyroseuk-curious@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Beautifully put. Your posts are rare but much appreciated.
>
>> Further, if all physical processes are limited to propagating
>> effects & information at c which is independent OF motion then,
>> all interacting fields, in equilbrium, to remain so must alter
>> their configurations to adapt to any net motion. Since matter
>> is an independent 'ponderable' substance but is known now to
>> complex QM wave structures held together by coulombic fields it
>> should be of no suprise that its structure is naturally altered
>> by a Lorentz contraction.
>
> At the risk of being stupid again, we can conclude that time
> dilation may be all apparent, correct?

Time dilation is real. It is the result of an unchanging c
and actual changes in ray-paths due to motion. We 'could'
conclude that the effective speed of c was slower instead of
dilating time but the result is the same, processes than
depend upon field interactions by light speed propagation
simply cannot proceed as rapidly as net speed increases
BECAUSE the actual time it takes to propagate the effect must
travel over longer physical distances. Thus the apparent
increase in half-lifes of unstable particles with increasing
speed.

But there IS a subtle but distinct difference in this
interpretation, or view if you will. It is, that which moves
faster wrt to the medium's (LET) rest frame experiences a
distinct reduction on process rates (which, in turn, is
directly related to aging & time). This is NOT! a symmetrical
effect. Now, that does not translate into observed asymmetry.
The reason, again, is in the limitation that all information
be propagated at a fixed invariant c, and the resulting reverse
asymmetry to which signal are subjected can & will maintain
the illusion when seen solely in inertial frames. It when
acceleration becomes involved that the illusion can & will be
shattered.

>> If you're interested in seeing the acoustic analog of QM wave
>> contraction due to motion through a medium let me know, I can
>> e-mail a OCR'd copy of a standard reference.
>
> If you can spare the time, I'd be very interested in that, thank
> you.

Paul Stowe
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