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Re: Relativity Question
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 8 Nov 2000 18:12:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jude Beaudin writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes:
> > > Dan Boger <dan@peeron.com> wrote:
> > > > but isn't that the whole point of relativity? who's moving and who's
> > > > standing still?
> > >
> > > Everyone is moving.
> >
> > 8^)
> >
> > Certainly, but one of the two parties is moving relative to the inertial
> > reference frame and one is not. Am I correct in thinking that the occupant
> > of the ship will experience Doppler Shift of light while the "stationary"
> > observer will not? Might that be the determining factor?
> > In any case, experimental evidence has borne out the prediction that time
> > will dilate for a body accelerating toward the speed of light--not the
> > stationary observer on the ground.
> >
> > Dave!
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> Does this mean once a person is travelling at a particular velocity (e.g.
> .99c), he will not feel any further time dilation effects if he is no longer
> accelerating?
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> IOW, is time dilation only experienced during acceleration?
The actual slowing takes place during acceleration, but it will persist at
the slowed rate once acceleration ceases, lasting until the traveler drops
back into the other (apparently stationary) inertial frame.
Dave!
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| (...) Does this mean once a person is travelling at a particular velocity (e.g. .99c), he will not feel any further time dilation effects if he is no longer accelerating? IOW, is time dilation only experienced during acceleration? Jude (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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