Title :
The effects of motion and gravity on clocks
Author_Institution :
Tele-Consultants Inc., Alpharetta, GA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper we will demonstrate that the slowing of clocks placed in motion or lowered into a gravitational well can be explained utilizing only the principle of equivalence and conservation of energy. It is clear from this description that the effective slowing of these clocks has no effect on time itself, but only upon the instrumentation or processes by which we choose to measure time. The full paper detailed an experiment which would show that it is indeed only the clocks which slow, and that time remains unaffected
Keywords :
calibration; clocks; energy conservation; gravitation; time measurement; clocks; effective slowing; energy conservation; equivalence principle; gravitational well; motion effects; time measurement; Bridges; Clocks; Effective mass; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Gravity; Instruments; Oscillators; Poles and towers; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE