Re: Time Dilation disappears
- From: zarmewa@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:12:58 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 28, 1:31 pm, "Paul B. Andersen"
<paul.b.ander...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
zarm...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Nov 25, 11:23 pm, Jürgen Clade <cl...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
zarm...@xxxxxxxxx schrieb:
Suppose there is a source which has head light and back light (or hasThe speed of the light will always be c. The Doppler effect would change
two torches, ahead and behind) while traveling at
1- Speed of light (theoretically)
2- higher percentage of light speed
Would the speed of light that emit in opposite direction be c, if not
why? Would one be able to see light that shine in opposite direction
from torches in case 1.
the *frequency* of the light such that the head light becomes blue
shifted and the back light becomes red shifted. In the first case (which
is impossilbe) the frequency of the head light would become infinite and
the frequency of the back light would drop to zero.
In a closed, stationary universe this would be the case. But theAs Einstein said, you will end up back where you started. Therefore IWhere did light go that travel at c for thousand million years afterI don't know what you mean with "the extreme boundary of closed
touching the extreme boundary of closed universe? Is there any study?
universe". The universe is not closed, neither it has a boundary.
assumed that light travelled for 100 millions of yrs would end up
back, where it started.
universe is neither closed nor stationary.
MfG,
Juergen
Here is my question which could not succinct earlier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHjpBjgIMVk
Three spaceships 1, 2 and 3 are moving close the speed of light in a
galaxy but in a straight line instead of as shown in the link.
Distance b/t 1 and 2 = b/t 2 and 3. Like
1 2 3
So the ships are stationary in their common rest frame.
Let's call the distance between them d.
Mounted on middle spaceship2 a lazar (back and front) that can fire a
pulses of light and there are two mirror one on the back of ship1 and
the other on forefront of ship3 . The pilot of the middle spaceship2
fires a pulses of light at both mirrors of 1 and 3 and watches as
reflected back. A clock on board measured how long the round trips
take.
And the round trips would take T = 2d/c
As it is said speed of light is constant irrespective of its
frequencies. Therefore round trip should take the same time for both
cases.
Now how would you describe time dilation wrt to the observer on
Astrid, pilot of the space ship 1, 2 and 3 while watching the
pulses.
?
Do you possibly mean that the three spaceships are moving at a speed v
close to c relative to an asteroid, and what would an observer on
that asteroid measure?
He would measure the distance between the spaceships to be
Lorentz contracted d' = d sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
He would see the speed of light to be c in his rest frame.
So he would see that the light pulse would take the time
d'/(c-v) in one direction, and d'/(c+v) in the other direction,
where (c-v) and (c+v) are the differences between the speed of
light and the speed of the ships in the two directions respectively.
So the round trip time, as measured on synchronized clocks in
his rest frame, would be:
T' = d'/(c-v) + d'/(c+v)= 2d'c/(c^2-v^2) = (2d/c)/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
T' = T/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
That's time dilation.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6322511432077219124&hl=en
Similarly, would the pilot of the middle ship2 observe the
simultaneous lighting (reflection of both pulses) strike to forefront
and back of his ship,
Yes, obviously.
if not then speed of light is not constant for a
round trip which is assumed to be the same in round trip in experiment
for measuring c.
But it is.
if yes, then length contraction by a Lorentz factor
is not true and so the time dilation.
Now look:
Time dilation and Lorentz contraction only occur when
an observer measure durations and lengths associated with
a _moving_ object.
Of course the existence of an arbitrary asteroid cannot
affect the spaceships in any way. The ships don't contract,
and clocks on the ship don't slow down just because
an arbitrary observer is passing by.
But the speed of the ships relative to the observer
will affect what the observer measures!
By comparing the readings on the clock passing by
to two synchronized clocks in his own frame of reference,
he will _measure_ the rate of the passing clock as slowed down.
Likewise, by noting the simultaneous (in his frame!) positions
of the ends of the moving ship, and measure the length between them,
he will _measure_ the moving ships to be contracted.
Understand this:
An arbitrary observer cannot affect the observed object in any way.
But the speed of the object relative to the observer can affect
the observer's _observations_ of the object.
Example:
The speed of the Earth relative to a cosmic muon doesn't affect
the muon in any way.
But the speed of the muon relative to the Earth affects our
_measurement_ of the muon's lifetime.
Time dilation is a real, measurable phenomenon. But it is
not a property of the observed clock, it is a property of
the relationship between the observer and the clock.
This is what the cranks in this NG invariably fails to understand.
--
Paul
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As light always travel with c and nothing can travel faster than c
(except pull of BH) therefore c+v and c-v is impossible for a pulse to
travel.
An observer on the asteroid would see that pulse fired by pilot of
ship2 at mirror of ship1, covered an extra distance of magnitude viz
covered by ship with c while moving in a uniform motion frame of
reference. This is because both pulse and ship1 moving in the same
forward direction and c > v. So this is a longer trip. However
reflection of this pulse would be a shorter trip as explained below.
Pulse viz fired at mirror of ship3 would also travel with c but it
covered a shorter distance of magnitude viz traveled by ship3 with v
in forword direction (opposite to the direction of pulse). Because
both pulse and ship3 are moving opposite to each other. Thus this is
a shorter trip. However reflection of this would be a longer trip as
explained earlier.
However, time taken by both pulses for their total round trip will be
same and hence pilot of ship 2 would observe simultaneous lighting
(reflection of both pulses) strike to forefront and back of his ship
and thus there is no contraction of length and dilation of time . If
not, then there is something wrong with c.
Now come to link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHjpBjgIMVk
Pulse viz fired by the pilot of upper ship at the mirror of the lower
ship has two components one is forward (v) and the other is downward
(c) . Observer on asteroid would observe both motion with the same
clock (time) and should not be confused with extra time viz required
to cover a length with v or time required to cover a length with c.
Thus time required by v to covered a length by pulse in its forward
direction is actually included in the time required for c in downward
direction. An observer would find a pulse at any interval of time in b/
w two ship on the same vertical line. Thus actual time is
misunderstood in the theory by adding a time to cover a length with v
in its forward direction.
.
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