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Started by brian a m stuckless
Wed, 03 May 2006 10:08
Re: Major physics misinterpretations.
Author: brian a m stuckless
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 10:08
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 10:08
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$$ Sue... wrote: > > mrd wrote: -=- > > The double slit experiment: > > Wave interference observed - hey they're waves! > > Placing a detector at one or both slits removes interference > > - they act like particles? What kind of reasoning is that? > > Obviously you disturbed the photon during detection and no > > interference occurs as a result of a phase shift of some kind. > > Have they tried repeating the experiment, replacing the > > detector with other means of disturbing the photons to > > discover what does/doesn't affect this phase? > > <<Now, does not the prize to Einstein imply > that the Academy recognised the particle > nature of light? The Nobel Committee says > that Einstein had found that the energy exchange > between matter and ether occurs by atoms emitting > or absorbing a quantum of energy,hv . > > As a consequence of the new concept of light quanta > (in modern terminology photons) Einstein proposed the > law that an electron emitted from a substance by > monochromatic light with the frequency [ ] has to have > a maximum energy of E=hv-p, where p is the energy needed to > remove the electron from the substance. Robert Andrews > Millikan carried out a series of measurements over a > period of 10 years, finally confirming the validity of this > law in 1916 with great accuracy. Millikan had, however, > found the idea of light quanta to be unfamiliar and strange. > > The Nobel Committee avoids committing itself to the > particle concept. Light-quanta or with modern terminology, > photons, were explicitly mentioned in the reports on > which the prize decision rested only in connection with > emission and absorption processes. The Committee says > that the most important application of Einstein's photoelectric > law and also its most convincing confirmation has come from > the use Bohr made of it in his theory of atoms, which explains > a vast amount of spectroscopic data. >> > http://nobelprize.org/physics/articles/ekspong/index.html > > << in 1961 Claus Jönsson of Tübingen, who had been > one of Möllenstedt's students, finally performed an actual > double-slit experiment with electrons for the first time >> > http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/15/9/1 > > > > > Time dilation: > > Apparently an experiment was performed with atomic clocks > > synchronized and one was flown around on a jet, to discover > > they were no longer in sync - it must be because the jet was > > approaching the speed of light! > > What the?! Velocity is relative, whose to say the jet wasn't > > moving slower compared to the surface of the earth? The > > obvious difference between the two is that the jet traversed > > the fields of the earth - gravitational, magnetic, or what > > have you. Seems obvious the fields are interacting with the > > atoms of the passing object and causing them to oscillate > > slower or faster, in effect changing the rate that object > > experiences time, or ages. I wonder if this has > > implications on inertia within a reference frame of an object > > that is far from any fields that could interact with it? > > Abstract > Einstein addressed the twin paradox in special relativity > in a relatively unknown, unusual and rarely cited paper > written in 1918, in the form of a dialogue between a > critic and a relativist. Contrary to most textbook versions > of the resolution, Einstein admitted that the special > relativistic time dilation was symmetric for the twins, > and he had to invoke, asymmetrically, the general relativistic > gravitational time dilation during the brief periods > of acceleration to justify the asymmetrical aging. > Notably, Einstein did not use any argument related to > simultaneity or Doppler shift in his analysis. I discuss > Einstein's resolution and several conceptual issues > that arise. It is concluded that Einstein's resolution using > gravitational time dilation suffers from logical and > physical flaws, and gives incorrect answers in a general > setting. The counter examples imply the need to reconsider > many issues related to the comparison of transported > clocks. The failure of the accepted views and > resolutions is traced to the fact that the special relativity > principle formulated originally for physics in empty > space is not valid in the matter-filled universe. > > C. S. Unnikrishnan > Gravitation Group, > Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, > Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India > http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/dec252005/2009.pdf > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafele-Keating_experiment > > Sue... $$ Sue isN'T much of a FLUFFY. $$ General THEORY of Relativity (GTR); T, the FLAT-EARth cult part. $$ Special THEORY of Relativity (STR) ..T, ABSOLUTE rest-mass part. $$ Both no AMBiENT except GR-SPACE-time-"curvature"; NO barycentre. $$ $$ Newton ..fixed with (n - 1) .. G*M1*m1/(n-1)=m1*rA^2*g=m1*rA*v1. $$ [(n-1) provides the SiGN; Positive=OUTgoing; Negative=iNcoming]. $$ $$ SCiENCE started to get too SiMPLE, but COMPLEXiTY *had* to RULE. Re: WHY the SAME old FLAT-EARth cult was so AT HOME ..in GR-Tivity. Re: HOW the SAME old FLAT-EARth cult was so AT HOME ..in GR-Tivity. Re: Major [ FLAT EARth ] physics misinterpretations. End of POST.
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