fatty_ashy Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 hi...i'm writing a thousand word essay on "E=mc2", it's suppose to be an essay on a theory that has affected my life significantly. Anyway....I was just wondering if the special theory of relativity has had anything to do with the creation of atomic clock. Does anyone know the answer to that? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Don't know of this is of any help, but NASA has an article about atomic clocks and how they can be used to test the influence of speed and gravity on such clocks. Tick-Tock Atomic Clock Just my 2c. Tormod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatty_ashy Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 but does atomic clocks have anything to do with special relativity or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatty_ashy Posted July 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Doesn't anyone know whether Special relativity had anything to do with the creation of atomic clocks?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Sorry, ashy. Maybe it's simply because it's summer... Why don't you just try to search Google... for example: "atomic clocks" AND "special relativity" Tormod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgeake Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Fatty,The only connection I know of between Atomic Clocks and Relativity, is that these clocks are accurate enough that they can be used to observe time dilation predicted by relativity. The change in energy states which make Cesium Atomic clocks accurate actually is a consequence of quantum effects. Quantum physics is not really related to relativity in any obvious way. It must be related in some non-obvious ways, but Quantum physics was developed without much regard to Relativity. They will all come together someday in a TOE (Theory of Everything). http://science.howstuffworks.com/atomic-clock4.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgeake Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.crystalinks.com/wormholes.html">Wormholes</a> just testing to see if I can imbed a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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