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JonnyHilbert
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Iv'e been recently interested in time dilation, but the relative time difference between two observers confuses me (i.e. that a high speed observer, and a stationary observer will each perceive the other's clock to run slow.)
I thought of the following experiment to help me understand, but I'm not sure if I'm correct about it.
Imagine four observers (A,B,C,D) and a disk rotating initially at rest.
Observer A is at the centre of the disk.
Observer B is at the outer edge of the disk.
Observer C is somewhere between A & B.
Observer D is outside the disk. (i.e. will not feel the effects of the rotation.)
The disk rotates to very close to the speed of light, maintains this speed for a while, then decelerates back to rest velocity.
I think that the oder of most time experienced to least time experienced (relative to the others) will go:
A = D > C > B
Am I right with this?
I thought of the following experiment to help me understand, but I'm not sure if I'm correct about it.
Imagine four observers (A,B,C,D) and a disk rotating initially at rest.
Observer A is at the centre of the disk.
Observer B is at the outer edge of the disk.
Observer C is somewhere between A & B.
Observer D is outside the disk. (i.e. will not feel the effects of the rotation.)
The disk rotates to very close to the speed of light, maintains this speed for a while, then decelerates back to rest velocity.
I think that the oder of most time experienced to least time experienced (relative to the others) will go:
A = D > C > B
Am I right with this?