Equation 103 · Part 1 · The Clock That Comes Back Wrong by Exactly Its Mass
Symbol Δτ
What this part means
Δτ is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
Δτ is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
…the standard bookkeeping in which a system’s total rest energy M includes whatever internal energy it holds: M=+/ . If the same object is sent along two paths that differ in proper time by , and its internal state differs between the two paths — ground on one, excited on the other — then the two branches’ free-particle phases differ by
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Sources cited in the article section
- [10] Quantum Interferometric Visibility as a Witness of General Relativistic Proper Time ↗
- [11] Interference of Clocks: A Quantum Twin Paradox ↗
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