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View SchemaSpecial Relativity and Time Travel Revisited
| Authors | Akhila Raman |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0101082 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0101082 |
Abstract
In this paper, Lorentz Transformation(LT) is derived by an alternate method, using photon clocks, placed at the locations of the concerned events, which are initially synchronised using a light signal(Einstein synchrony). Then, it is shown that the second term in the time dilation equation of the LT, is the term responsible for time travel and further it is shown that this term arises merely due to non-simultaneous initial clock synchronisation and that this term does not correspond to any actual time elapsed while timing events, thus ruling out the possibility of time travel, from the framework of special relativity. It is also shown that only the first term in the time dilation equation of LT represents the true time dilation. In other words, it is argued that the time dilation equation of the LT, corresponds to the actual reading of the clock which is not necessarily the actual time elapsed while timing an event, the difference being attributed to the clock synchronisation mechanism.
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"abstract": "In this paper, Lorentz Transformation(LT) is derived by an alternate method,\nusing photon clocks, placed at the locations of the concerned events, which are\ninitially synchronised using a light signal(Einstein synchrony). Then, it is\nshown that the second term in the time dilation equation of the LT, is the term\nresponsible for time travel and further it is shown that this term arises\nmerely due to non-simultaneous initial clock synchronisation and that this term\ndoes not correspond to any actual time elapsed while timing events, thus ruling\nout the possibility of time travel, from the framework of special relativity.\nIt is also shown that only the first term in the time dilation equation of LT\nrepresents the true time dilation. In other words, it is argued that the time\ndilation equation of the LT, corresponds to the actual reading of the clock\nwhich is not necessarily the actual time elapsed while timing an event, the\ndifference being attributed to the clock synchronisation mechanism.",
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