Isnt dilation time means it getting longer ,and not slowing down?
2006-09-07 09:32:22 · 3 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
if time is slowing down wouldnt it make the speed of light faster, makes sense to me
2006-09-07 09:39:36 · answer #1 · answered by lheitjan_01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of light is a constant, meaning the value for its speed does not change, reguardless of reference point. (approx., 300,000,000 m/s).
A person traveling at a significantly large fraction of the speed of light (say, .9c) would experience the affect of time slowing down without notice. A side observer would measure a clock on board your ship to have "slowed down," in that comparing to his own (both assumed to be perfectly calibrated) his would show a longer length of time to have passed. Is this what you're referring to? The faster an object travels, the slower time passes for that object in its reference frame.
2006-09-07 09:46:44 · answer #2 · answered by Angela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the first postulate of special relativity, einstein said that the speed of light is constant in all reference frame. therefore, we cannot use gallilean transformation to add or substract vel of object at high speed near c, the speed of light as nothing travels faster than the speed of light.
therefore, time and space changes so that the speed of light can be a constant.
2006-09-07 15:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by superlaminal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋