PIRSA:08070051

Special Relativity 13 - Artificial Gravity Provides Hints about Real Gravity

Epp, R. (2008). Special Relativity 13 - Artificial Gravity Provides Hints about Real Gravity. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08070051

Epp, Richard. Special Relativity 13 - Artificial Gravity Provides Hints about Real Gravity. Perimeter Institute, Jul. 27, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08070051 

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            language = {en},
            title = {Special Relativity 13 - Artificial Gravity Provides Hints about Real Gravity},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2008},
            month = {jul},
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Richard Epp

University of Waterloo

Talk number
PIRSA:08070051
Collection
Abstract
Analyzing the artificial gravitational field inside a rotating cylinder to discover hints about the nature of real gravitational fields.
Learning Outcomes:
• How to compare relativistic effects of an accelerated observer who is inside the rotating cylinder to observers at rest in the inertial reference frame outside the rotating cylinder.
• Understanding that the relative time dilation effect decreases as the rotating observer moves toward the axis of rotation, and how this suggests that a real gravitational field might warp time.
• Understanding that the circumference of the cylinder as measured by the rotating observers increases, and how this suggests that a real gravitational field might warp space.