Tensors and Relativity: Chapter 8

Time dilation in a gravitational field

next up previous index
Next: Length contraction in a Up: General discussion of the Previous: General discussion of the

For a clock at fixed tex2html_wrap_inline1293 ie tex2html_wrap_inline1295 we have

equation1041

The proper time is tex2html_wrap_inline1297 , so

equation1043

so clocks run slow in a gravitational field.

Contact Details

Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town,
Private Bag X1,
Rondebosch 7701,
South Africa.
Telephone: +27 (0)21-650-3191
Email: Hayley.Leslie@uct.ac.za