Saturday 26 December 2015

relativity - Time Dilation - what happens when you bring the observers back together?


I'm having trouble getting my head around the time dilation paradox.



Observer A and B are at the same "depth" in a gravity well. Observer B then descends into the well. A will observe B's time as going slower than their own. B will observe A's time as going faster than their own.


What happens if B were to ascend the well back to A's depth, would B's local time speed back up to the same rate as A's, but B would be younger (relative to A)?


What about the paradox caused by relative motion (ignoring gravity)? If A is moving relative to B, A and B will both observe the other's time as going slower. If A and B were together initially, then B moves away and returns, do their clocks agree? they can't both be younger than each other :s (i get thats the paradox, but what explanation resolves it?)


Thanks



Answer



Calculations show that younger will be the observer who suffered accelerations/decelerations.


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