Re: A silly fact about an atomic clock that relativist never want you to know.

"Spaceman" <spaceman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Uncle Ben wrote:

Yes, speaking loosely, acceleration is a g-force event. So is being
in a gravitational field. But in this case these two cancel each
other. That is the point.

Have you ever seen video of astronaut training in which they are in
an airplane that is carefully following a parabolic arc that
imitates the path of a projectile falling freely? The guys are
floating around in the plane as it there is no gravity. Note the
"as if." Yes, there is still gravity at work, but there is also the
acceleration at work. And they cancel each other.

So you admit the "atom" in freefall, will not fall inside the clock
that is also in freefall.

That would be excellent. Then the microwave cavity could be
reduced to a much smaller size and the overall complexity of
the clock reduced considerably. A freefall environment is an
excellent place to build accurate clocks, as it is completely
isolated from the effects of changing gravity or vibrations
in the environment.
.

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