Saturday, July 5, 2008

My first post - the nature of time

As you can see, this is what this blog is about... so if you are interested in physics, just feel free to read this blog.

In this blog, i shall talk about things of my interest, mainly in the field of theoretical physics and perhaps a little philosophy.

In this first post, i shall discuss about the nature of time. As you know, time has a linear form unless in 'special conditions', most of the time, black holes. In its linear form, time progresses normally, (i.e. 1s/s). However, if there is a black hole in the passage of time, time will slow down. When time slows down because of gravitational time dilation, time will slow down, but will the rate at which the person who is experiencing the time dilation and an observer observes the motion of things be affected? Even if the motion of things is affected, by what and are there any other special circumstances in which they will be affected, and in the abscence of these special circumstances, what will happen? These are the questions that would be tackled in the branch of Theoretical Physics.

In the prescence of a black hole, the gravity affects the linearity of time itself. Therefore, there is gravitational time dilation. But, is it possible to calculate in exact quantities the magnitude of gravitational time dilation? It is a very complicating process which involves the use of the constant factors in universal time, but with these black holes appearing and disappearing in a split second, is it really possible to derive any constant regarding time that is not affected or totally negates and cancels the effcts these black holes create (e.g. gravitational time dilation)?
These are questions that I am currently pondering about. If you have any suggestions, I welcome you to post a comment here , but no spams please...

That is all I have to say for now. Thank You for your time =)

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