Einstein and the relativity of space and time Steve Manly Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester.

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Einstein and the relativity of space and time Steve Manly Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester

What is time??

4 mi/hr 2 mi/hr Speed with respect to you is 4 mi/hr Speed with respect to you is = 6 mi/hr Velocities add!! It’s common sense!

The speed of light is greater for beam I, beam II or beam III? Experiment says the speed of light is the same in all directions!! I II Car moves while passenger shines a flashlight. V III

Enter our man Einstein! Weird, huh? What does it mean for the real world?

H v Einstein thought experiment: Consider a beam of light that is emitted from the floor of a train that bounces off a mirror on the ceiling and returns to the point on the floor where it was emitted.

Fact: Light is emitted and detected at point A. This fact must be true no matter who makes the measurement!!!! H v A

Sam H Velocity of light = c c = distance/time c = 2H/T sam T sam = 2H/c Sam is on the train

H v sally Light is emitted Sally watches the train pass and makes the same measurement.

H v

sally H v Light is emitted 12 Light returns Sally is standing still, so it takes two clocks.

SamSally Sally sees the light traveling further. If light travels at a constant speed, the same “event” must seem to take longer to Sally than Sam! Time is relative … not absolute!!

Distance train travels while light is traveling = VT sally From Sally’s point of view Path light takes to mirror Path light takes from mirror to detector H Makes use of Pythagorian theorem

From Sally’s point of view H c = distance/time = 2D/T sally T sally = 2D/c

Sam (on train)Sally (on ground) 2H/T sam = cc = 2D/T sally

Recall 2H/T sam = c or 2H=cT sam

This number is >1. It becomes larger as v approaches c. Sam (on train)Sally (on ground) 2H/T sam = cc = 2D/T sally A bit of algebra.

Think about it! Sam and Sally measure the time interval for the same event. The ONLY difference between Sam and Sally is that one is moving with respect to the other. Yet, T sally > T sam The same event takes a different amount of time depending on your “reference frame”!! Time is not absolute! It is relative!

Can this be true?? Experiment says YES! ground plane

Can this be true?? Experiment says YES! ground plane

ground Less time elapsed on the clocks carried on the airplane

What is length??

V Measure the length of a boxcar where you are on the car. Measure the length of a boxcar moving by you.

Length is relative, too! V=0 Large V

Lorentz transformations x y z Event at (x,y,z,t)

Lorentz transformations x'x' y'y' z'z' Event at (x',y',z',t')

x'x' y'y' z'z' Lorentz transformations v x y z How are (x,y,z,t) related to (x',y',z',t')?

The ladder paradox

Albert Einstein revolutionized our view of space, time and simultaneity. His ideas/theories about “relativity” have been experimentally verified again and again and are widely accepted as truth in as much as science can be truth.  atoms (Brownian motion)  quantum mechanics (photoelectric effect)  gravitation (general relativity).