04 August 2022

Time in presence of gravity:

The concept of time is relative to the events; referred as in imperceptible fourth dimension, such a concept naturally rises within the Human minds as an inevitable consequence of existential events within perceptible three spatial dimensions.

Ancient Indian and Greek philosophers were among the first to question time as a mysterious concept. Ever since Human beings existed, they have always tried to make sense of the Universe, accordingly, conceptualised time by observing the events in the nature; as such they have used archaic devices like, candle clock, sundial, water clock, sand clock etc.

Nowadays, clocks all over the world are based on seconds, minutes, and hours. The first mechanical clock said to have invented in 1275 by replacing archaic devices, and in 1656 first pendulum clock was made. The quartz clock was invented in 1927 and the atomic clock in 1948.  

Time is now defined as “the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole in irreversible succession, referred in fourth dimension above three spatial dimensions.[Ref1. Wikipedia – Time.]

Time standard specifies the method for measuring divisions of time i.e. a time scale, newer time standard is based on atomic time as per caesium atomic clock. The standard describes the second is equal to the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the unperturbed ground state of the caesium-133 atom.

“The second, symbol s, is the SI unit of time, defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium-133 atom, to be 9,192,631,770 when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s^–1.” [Ref2. The international reference time scale (UTC) - SI base unit: second (s).]

i.            Time is called T, the period of oscillation, so that ωT = 2π, or T = 2π/ω.  The reciprocal of the period, or the frequency f, in oscillations per second, is given by f = 1/T = ω/2π.

ii.            Frequency (f) and time interval (t): The time interval for 1° of phase is inversely proportional to the frequency. If the frequency of a signal is given by f, then the time t(deg) (in seconds) corresponding to 1° of phase is t(deg)  = 1/(360f) = t/360. Therefore, a 1° phase shift on a 5 MHz signal corresponds to a time shift of 555 picoseconds (ps).

iii.            The energy equation is a direct relationship between frequency (f) and energy (E) because as frequency increases, so does energy, as described by the equation E=hf. This is possible because (h) is Planck constant.

iv.            Thus, equivalently, the relationship between the electromagnetic energy (E) and the wavelength (λ) of electromagnetic wave is an inverse relationship, as described by the equation E=hc/λ where h is Planck's constant and c is constant as the speed of light.

v.            Since wave frequency (f) is inversely proportional to the period of the wave f=1/t and also inversely proportional to its wavelength (f=c/λ); and thus, the wavelength (λ) of a wave is directly proportional to the time period (t) of the wave derives the equation λt where c is constant, we get the wave corresponds to time shift, e.g.

1° phase shift on a 5 MHz wave corresponds to a time shift of 555 picoseconds (ps). 

t=1/f; f = 5000000 Hz; 1° phase shift = t/360. 

t (deg) = (1/f)/360 = (1/5000000)/360 = (5.55x10^-10) = 555 ps.

·        phase shift for a 59.95 m wavelength (λ), f (5 MHz), time shifts (time delays Δt) aprox. 555 ps.

·        90° phase shift for a 59.95 m wavelength (λ), f (5 MHz), time shifts (time delays Δt) aprox. 50000 ps.

·        360° phase shift for a 59.95 m wavelength (λ), f (5 MHz - 1 Hz) time shifts (time delays Δt) aprox. 200000 ps.

·        A 360° phase shift means a complete cycle of the wave, so from the above calculation, we can say that a 360° phase shift or a complete cycle of a 5 MHz wave takes 200000 ps (0.0000002 s) to complete one cycle (1 Hz).

·        The caesium-133 atom used in atomic clocks vibrates at frequencies 9192631770 Hz on the ground and the GPS satellite clock advances faster than a clock on the ground by about 38 microseconds per day.

·        (i) For phase shift of a 9192631770 Hz wave time shifts (time delays Δt) aprox. 0.0000000003021743769660185 ms on the ground i.e. time shifts in a day 0.00002610786616986399 ms on the ground.

·        Time shift of the caesium-133 atomic clock above the ground:

(ii) For 360° phase shift or, 1 complete cycle (1 Hz), of a 9192631770 Hz wave; aprox. 0.00000010878277570776666 ms.

·        Time shift of the caesium-133 atomic clock in the GPS satellite in space:

(iii) For 1455.50003025° phase shift (or, 4.043055639583333 cycles) of a 9192631770 Hz wave; aprox. 0.0000004398148148148148 ms. time is taken (or, 0.038 milliseconds time is taken per day, or, 38 microseconds time is taken per day.)

vi.            Gravitational–Electromagnetic Interaction - Gravitational Redshift: The wavelength (λ) of electromagnetic radiation will lengthen as it climbs out of a gravitational well. Photons must expend energy to escape, but at the same time must always travel at the speed of light (c), so this energy must be lost through a change of frequency (f) rather than a change in speed (c). If the energy (E) of the photon decreases, the frequency (f) also decreases. This corresponds to an increase in the wavelength (λ) of the photon, or a shift to the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum, hence the name gravitational redshift.

z ~ GM/rc^2 

Where z is the gravitational redshift, G is Newton’s gravitational constant, M is the mass of the object, r is the photon’s starting distance from M, and c is the speed of light. In this case, the gravitational redshift suffered by a photon emitted from the star’s surface is a tiny 3 × 10^-4. In other words, wavelengths are shifted by less than one part in 30,000.

vii.            Gravitational field: Two masses (Earth ‘M’ and GPS Satellite ‘m’) separated by a distance (r) exert gravitational forces on one another. This is called action at-a-distance. They interact even though they are not in contact. When another body (say a ‘clock’) is brought in this field, it would experience gravitational force of attraction. Whereas, gravitational field intensity is the measure of gravitational field.

Gravitational field intensity or strength at a point is defined as the force experienced by a unit mass placed at that point. It is denoted by E. It is a vector quantity. Its unit is N kg^-1. By considering a body of mass M placed at a point Q and another body of mass m placed at P at a distance r from Q. The mass M develops a field E at P and this field exerts a force "F = mE." The gravitational force of attraction between the masses M and m is F = GMm/r^2. The gravitational field intensity at point P is E = F/m. Therefore, E = GM/r^2.

Therefore, a clock within the GPS Satellite would experience lesser Gravitational strength of E = GM/r^2 than it was experiencing it at the surface of the Earth M at a distance r0 from point Q, thus GM/r^2 < GM/r0^2.

viii.            Radiation gravitates - anything that carries energy, momentum and stresses is a source of a gravitational field. An electromagnetic field have its own gravitational field, because an electromagnetic field contains energy, momentum and so on, it is considered as a real thing capable of gravitating, as such, it will produce a gravitational field of its own. This gravitational field is in addition to that produced by the matter of the charge or magnet. Electric charges and magnets are manifestations of certain types of matter, most particularly electrons. Since matter carries energy (via E=mc^2), such objects will have a gravitational field and so they will curve the fabric of space. So, one way in which a charge or a magnet will curve the fabric of space is by virtue of its matter.

ix.            A clock and time are two different considerations. A clock does have mass but time doesn't.

x.            A clock mechanism 'always follows the order of time,' as it should never work arbitrary except the order of time, else a clock would cause wrong reading.

xi.            Gravitational effect on oscillation resulting corresponding time: Frequency and oscillation can never remain perfectly constant, as long as there is varying effects of gravity.

xii.            The events invoke time, when time is independent from eventual influences as such; free from all fundamental interactions.

xiii.            Existential events are necessary for time to exist. Time would be meaningless even for an existence but without events. There is existence of enormous mass and gravity in the core of a black hole, however, since there is no event; so time is a meaningless proposition there in the core of a black hole. Absence of event cause no time in the core of a black hole.     

xiv.            The conceptual time is irreversible in succession and uniformed in scale. In case of a clock dial; sixty uniformed divisions of seconds need to be within a circle of 360° exactly, it cannot be >360°, to accommodate time dilation), nor can be <360°, to accommodate time reduction.

xv.            The equation of time dilation " T'= T√ (1-V²/C²) " is wrong. The error in said equation is that time (T) can never be modified - through external interference or influence or interaction of real event like speed or gravity - to get Time Dilation (T’). It would be an illegal operation to try to modify cosmic time (T) progressing in its uniformed and irreversible succession. Speed or gravity can never interfere time (T) to get time dilation (T'). So called time dilation is rather wavelength (λ) dilation of the clock oscillation.  

xvi.            Time is a higher, fourth dimensional concept, imperceptible to lower, real and spatial three dimensions. A lower three-dimensional entity can never modify or interfere or influence a higher, fourth dimensional concept of time. However, a clock mechanism 'always follows the order of time.' Therefore, the concept of space-time is an absurd proposition by Albert Einstein.        

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30 June 2022

Radiation gravitates - anything that carries energy, momentum and stresses is a source of a gravitational field, i.e. a curvature in the fabric of space:

An electromagnetic field have its own gravitational field, because an electromagnetic field contains energy, momentum (Maxwell's stress-energy tensor), and so on, it is considered as a real thing capable of gravitating, as such, it will produce a gravitational field of its own. This gravitational field is in addition to that produced by the matter of the charge or magnet. Electric charges and magnets are manifestations of certain types of matter, most particularly electrons. 

Since matter carries energy (via E=mc^2), such objects will have a gravitational field and so they will curve the fabric of space. So, one way in which a charge or a magnet will curve the fabric of space is by virtue of its matter.

Please confirm the above.

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Where is the space expanding faster than the speed of light?

The answer to the question is that, the limitation in the speed of light is applicable within a gravitationally bound system - definitely within a galaxy (up to the zero-gravity sphere around it, or within clusters or super cluster or mega clusters of galaxies respectively,

Only the space beyond that is dominated by Dark Energy that expands the space. Generally, intergalactic space expands but not within a galaxy.

However, space is not expanding faster than light everywhere; only after certain distance towards the edge of the universe space can expand faster than light, the space before that in slower than the speed of light.

When you are seeing a distant galaxy, you are actually seeing its light year travelled distance but at the time of your observation that galaxy might have changed its location to a new location known as its proper distance.

So a general understanding is that when the galaxy's proper distance is greater than the light year travelled distance then only the galaxy is considered to be receding faster than light speed, not before that.


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26 June 2022

The time of the GPS satellite's clock oscillator is affected by the wavelength enlargement, not by the time dilation:

Gravity and electromagnetism are two of the four fundamental forces, out of the four fundamental forces. There are many similarities between electromagnetic (EM) radiation and gravitational radiation - both travel at the speed of light; both carry energy away from their sources; both consist of transverse waves with two polarizations. The main difference between gravity and electromagnetism is that gravity is a force between masses whereas electromagnetism is a force between charges. 

Gravity acts on mass and also acts on all forms of energy and thus acts on all subatomic particles, including the gauge bosons that carry the forces e.g. photon. Electromagnetism acts on electric charge. The electromagnetic field carries energy, contains momentum, so it will produce a gravitational field of its own. This gravitational field, produced by charge or magnet, is in addition to gravitational field produced by the matter mass. 

The gravitational redshift or redshifting of the photon climbing farther away from a gravitational well, the bending of a photon's path by the gravity of massive objects, the drifting of a small amount of time in the atomic clock on the ground, and faster running of the GPS clocks in space are due to the effects of gravity and examples of interactions between gravitational and electromagnetic fields.


  • Planck's Equation: E = hf. 

Photon energy is the energy carried by a single photon. The energy of the photon depends on its frequency. The higher the frequency, the more energy the photon has. The amount of energy is directly proportional to the photon's electromagnetic frequency (E ∝ f) and so inversely proportional to the wavelength (E ∝ 1/λ). 

In Einstein's general theory of relativity, there is an effect known as "gravitational redshift," in which photon becomes redder because of the influence of gravity; the wavelength (λ) of a photon gets longer and appears redder as the wavelength climbs farther away from a gravitational well. As it becomes red-shifted, it's wavelength becomes larger so it's energy becomes smaller (λ ∝ 1/E).

  • E = hf = h(c/λ) = h(1/T).     

The number of vibrations (cycles) per second is frequency (f) and the time taken to complete one vibration (cycle) is called time period (T), wavelength (λ) is just the distance between two identical points in the adjacent cycles of a wave. Whereas, frequency (f) and wavelength (λ) are inversely proportional and so time period (T) and wavelength (λ) are directly proportional.

Electromagnetic frequency (f) ∝ 1/wavelength (1/λ), when c is constant: f = c/λ = 1/T.

  • Therefore, λ ∝ T. 

The time interval for 1° of phase is inversely proportional to the frequency. If the frequency of a signal is given by f, then the time T(deg) corresponding to 1° of phase shift is T(deg) = 1/(360f)= T/360. Therefore, a 1° phase shift on a 5 MHz signal or aprox. 59.95 meter wavelength (λ) corresponds to a time shift of 555 picoseconds.

  • Since,  λ ∝ 1/f ∝ T.

  1° phase shift for a 59.95 m wavelength (λ), f (5 MHz), time shifts (time delays ΔT) aprox. 555 ps.

 90° phase shift " " time shifts (time delays ΔT) aprox. 50000 ps.

360° phase shift " f (5 MHz - 1 Hz) time shifts (time delays ΔT) aprox. 200000 ps. 

A 360° phase shift means a complete cycle of the wave, so from the above calculation, we can say that a 360° phase shift or a complete cycle of a 5 MHz wave takes 200000 ps (0.0000002 s) to complete one cycle (1 Hz). 

The caesium-133 atom used in atomic clocks vibrates at frequencies 9192631770 Hz on the ground and the GPS satellite clock advances faster than a clock on the ground by about 38 microseconds per day.

(i) For 1° phase shift of a 9192631770 Hz wave time shifts (time delays ΔT) aprox. 0.0000000003021743769660185 ms on the ground i.e. time shifts in a day 0.00002610786616986399 ms on the ground.

Time shift of the caesium-133 atomic clock above the ground: 

(ii) For 360° phase shift or, 1 complete cycle (1 Hz), of a 9192631770 Hz wave; aprox. 0.00000010878277570776666 ms time is taken i.e. time shifts in a day 0.00000010878277570776666 ms.

Time shift of the caesium-133 atomic clock in the GPS satellite in space:

(iii) For 1455.50003025° phase shift (or, 4.043055639583333 cycles) of a 9192631770 Hz wave 0.0000004398148148148148 ms time is taken (or, 0.038 miliseconds time is taken per day, or, 38 microseconds  time is taken per day.)

Lesser acting gravitational force on GPS Sattelite:

Mechanical oscillators are harmonic oscillators use balance wheels or pendulums resonance, preferred at a certain rate.

Crystal oscillators use mechanical resonance of vibrating crystals of piezoelectric material and create electrical signal with a constant frequency.

However, atomic oscillators’ mechanisms are based on the interaction of electromagnetic radiation in excited states of certain atoms, used as constant frequency.

Irrespective of the type of the oscillators used in a clock for time keeping, herein specifically known as a body, are made up of either certain atomic and/or certain molecular particles.
Such a body in acceleration and in gravitational potential experiences less weight due to the experience of less gravitational force per unit mass of that body in lesser gravitational potential. Accordingly gravity exerts less force on the body and to the neighbouring particles within the continuous internal material of such a body; this causes less mechanical stress to any oscillating particles within that body causing their lesser frequency or enlarged wavelength of the oscillator. 

Therefore an accelerating body or a body in gravitational potential shall experience lesser frequency or enlarged wavelength of the oscillator.


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30 May 2022

Planck's equation invalidates time dilation:

Planck's energy-frequency equivalence equation E= hf = h(1/t) = h*c/λ.

Since, h(1/t) = h*c/λ.

          Or, 1/t = c/λ.

          Or, λ ∝ t (when, c is constant) 

However, 'λ,' being electromagnetic wavelength of the frequency 'f,' is real entity when, 't,' being conceptual, is unreal entity. 

So that such an unreal entity called time (t) can never participate in a real interactions with any existential events because of the rule of mathematics and science, but such an wavelength (λ) can freely participate in real eventual interactions, unlike time. 

Therefore, the eventual influences such as speed, or gravitational potential, can well interact with the wavelength (λ) of any material body or electromagnetic wave either in such speed or in varied gravitational potential. 

E.g. a material body would experience stress whereas, an electromagnetic wave would directly interact with such influence of speed or gravity - resulting lowered frequency of respective oscillations. This makes the "wavelength dilation" of the body or wave that results respective values of t, due to the dilated wavelength in respective oscillations. 

However, the experimenters confirming time dilation made the fundamental mistake in calculating time (t) as an influenced subject in their considerations, instead of calculating wavelength (λ) as the subject in their calculations, obviously they were more influenced by Albert Einstein than being influenced by the rules and methods of mathematics or science. 

Max Planck predates Albert Einstein but Einstein seems to disregarded Max Planck while proposing time dilation to the world.

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