RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime.
December 4, 2019 at 5:06 pm
(This post was last modified: December 4, 2019 at 5:14 pm by Alex K.)
@Breezy,
Frequency is tied to some physical process occuring at this rate. The base time is determined using some reference process such as caesium oscillstions.
All these things come with precise prescriptions how they can be observed. These aren't vague philosophical statements, you can put an atomic clock on a fast plane and compare the counters with resting clocks, and you'll see exactly the discrepancy between them as given by the formula above (plus some gravity effects) with as many digit precision as the equipment can manage. This so-called relativistic time dilation affects every physical system you can think of the same, and with it the frequencies at which any process occurs.
Frequency is tied to some physical process occuring at this rate. The base time is determined using some reference process such as caesium oscillstions.
All these things come with precise prescriptions how they can be observed. These aren't vague philosophical statements, you can put an atomic clock on a fast plane and compare the counters with resting clocks, and you'll see exactly the discrepancy between them as given by the formula above (plus some gravity effects) with as many digit precision as the equipment can manage. This so-called relativistic time dilation affects every physical system you can think of the same, and with it the frequencies at which any process occurs.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
