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➡ Explain “Time Dilation” with example.
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for example, an astronaut measures the time it takes for light to cross her ship, bounce off a mirror, and return.
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Time dilation is the slowing of the passage of time at high speeds. The faster the object moves, the greater the amount of time dilation. Time dilation, in part, accounts for the constant speed of light, regardless of the light's source and regardless of the observer's perspective
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Time dilation is the phenomenon of time passing slower for an observer who is moving relative to another observer.
Suppose, for example, an astronaut measures the time it takes for light to cross her ship, bounce off a mirror, and return. (See Figure 3.) How does the elapsed time the astronaut measures compare with the elapsed time measured for the same event by a person on the Earth? Asking this question (another thought experiment) produces a profound result. We find that the elapsed time for a process depends on who is measuring it. In this case, the time measured by the astronaut is smaller than the time measured by the Earth-bound observer. The passage of time is different for the observers because the distance the light travels in the astronaut’s frame is smaller than in the Earth-bound frame. Light travels at the same speed in each frame, and so it will take longer to travel the greater distance in the Earth-bound frame.
For part a, an astronaut is standing inside the spaceship with an electronic timer. The timer is showing the time delta-t-zero. The astronaut has to measure time for an activity which has a mirror, the Sun as a source of light, and a receiver. A ray from the light source is striking the mirror and getting reflected back to the receiver. The distance between the source of light and mirror is given by d. For part b, the same activity is observed by a man standing on Earth. He has an electronic timer showing the time as delta-t. For the observer on earth the activity is fragmented into three portions. In the first portion, the ray of light is travelling a distance of and strikes the mirror in the second portion. The third portion shows the reflected ray of light striking the receiver represented by s and having a vertical distance of d. The horizontal distance L observed by the man from the beginning of the event till the end portion is given as L equals to velocity v into delta t upon two.
Figure 3. (a) An astronaut measures the time Δt0 for light to cross her ship using an electronic timer. Light travels a distance 2D in the astronaut’s frame. (b) A person on the Earth sees the light follow the longer path 2s and take a longer time Δt. (c) These triangles are used to find the relationship between the two distances 2D and 2s.
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