Observer Definition and 331 Threads

Homework Statement Describe what happens to an object traveling close to the speed of light from the point of view of a stationary observer. (Hint--there are three differences). The Attempt at a Solution I just don't understand what it means by there being three differences?

Let's consider flat 4D Minkowski spacetime. Is it possible to define (local) coordinate system for any observer (its natural reference frame) so that these coordinates posses interpretation of time and spatial position measured by this observer? It can be done in two dimensional Minkowski...

Hello all, I am writing an article on the definition of "observer" in a quantum mechanics context. From what I know about QM, most consider that an inanimate apparatus and even individual particles can function as the "observer" in quantum measurements. I also know that the 1991 experiment by...

Homework Statement A stationary whistle emits a sound of 190 Hz. If a car hears the whistle with a frequency of 198 Hz, how fast was it moving (in m/s)? Use 340 m/s for the sound velocity Homework Equations f'=(1+Vo/V)f ======>>>> equation for the observer moving toward stationary...

Is universe observer dependent? Any thoughts.

Hi there, I'm not extremely adept at understanding what I like to think of as the "Philosophical" side of QM but I find I have a problem with some aspects of an interpretation of the wave function collapse. I also could be misunderstanding what people are saying. When people talk about...

if the double slit particle experiment is observed by an animal and not by any human for eg. chimpanzee, through which slit the particle has passed would it collapse the wave function and form particle pattern. The particle are only observed by the chimapanzee, so it can know which slit the...

Homework Statement A bus is moving at 37.00m/s towards a wall. The sound from the bus has an original wavelength of 0.1500m. The sound from the bus reflects off the wall. What frequency sound does an observer on the moving bus hear from the reflection?? Homework Equations Moving Observer: fo...

It was a good while ago since I heard about this particular experiment, but I remember vaguely reading about how in one instance they recorded the observations, but then deleted the data before anyone could look at it, and in that instance the wave was still produced. Thus showing that it really...

Homework Statement An airplane flying horizontally at an altitude of 3 miles and at a speed of 480 miles per hour passes directly above an observer on the ground. How fast is the distance from the observer to the airplane increasing 30 seconds later? Homework Equations The...

Suppose you have a tube of moving water where bernoulli´s equation can be apllied and the water is at the same elevation all over the tube. Consider two points, 1 and 2. We have : p_1 + \frac{1}{2}\rho (v_1)^2=p_2 + \frac{1}{2}\rho (v_2)^2 On different inertial referentials the velocities...

Would it be correct to say, that the observer's wave function is 'always collapsed'? I.e. that the observer can always be completely described by a bit string, while everything else only by a 'qbit string'.

Can anybody provide me with a link to a REAL life experiment (a credible source, and not a thought experiment. ) when a moving observer relative to an electric charge can see a magnetic field? I'm thinking to a sensor that is spinning around an electrically charged sphere or disc...if in REAL...

Hi, I'm a mathematics analphabet, but still, sometimes I come across a problem, that I just can't keep away from. I hope someone finds this one worth a thought. Here it is: An observer is looking at a long object with marks spaced equally along its length (like a measuring rod or a...

Hey all, I suddenly find myself very confused about velocity and coordinate systems. I have a feeling this is very simple, but sometimes the mind just curls up, you know? ;) When you ask what an observer observe, you need to see things from his point of view - his reference frame. And his...

In the past several major advances in physics have been associated with the discovery that something wasn't absolute, but depended on the observer. Padmanabhan just posted A Dialogue on the Nature of Gravity, which is remarkably readable, and which argues among other things that entropy is...

Let us say that we had a higher degree of sensory ability and were able to perceive smaller wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation ('directly' or 'naturally' perceive - not through equipment that traces them out for us to see as visible light) --- small enough to consider atoms. Would...

I got a question. Is this excerpt from wikipedia correct? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics ) Does that mean there is no observer effect when acts of observation and measurement are defined in quantum terms? Does anyone have sources that augment or dispute this...

Hi, I have a question about the famous double slit experiment. They say that if an observer like a camera or a person is watching the experiment then it collapses the wave function and two marks appear instead of an interference pattern. Does anyone know what what happen if a totally...

Why is the speed of light constant and independent from the observer?

If an inertial "observer" or state has mass and no rotation, then a massless state with rotation (i.e. having maybe a generalized rotation such as "spin," e.g. a photon) seems to be dual to that state. Would this viewpoint then take the photon as a "matching" channel or "process" for...

So here we have the simple equation: E\uparrow T\downarrow This can also be stated by saying that the more massive (energetic) an object in space is, the less time it will exist for. But if time passes slower in areas of space near more massive bodies, wouldn't an observer near...

Hi! This is my first time on here and my first post. I don't do professional work in this field but it has been a keen interest of mine over the years. Anyway, if someone can share some insights, I would really appreciate it greatly! Given the divide between classical physics and quantum...

From some previous discussions in this forum I had gotten the idea that under the equivalence principle, observations inside a small room sitting on the surface of a planet should be seen as equivalent, not just to any ol' accelerating room in flat spacetime, but to a room undergoing Born rigid...

Special relativity shows that any accelerated observer sees an event horizon. In fact, if an observer is accelerated by a, the horizon is at distance l=c^2/a in the direction opposite to a. If an observer is on a carousel or merry-go-round, he is accelerated inwards. Does he then see a horizon...

I am currently trying to understand SR and am confused on this postulate. Lets say somone is traveling on a some kind of machine that emits photons. When that photon is emited will the person traveling on the machine measure the photon going c or will they measure it going c-v? My next...

Hello, First off, I would like to say thank you for being of much help as I browsed these forums a little and gained some information. Second, I would like to say that at this in point of time my understanding of Physics is limited, so I do not intend to put myself across as...

Homework Statement A futuristic flying car, 100m long in the horizontal x direction, lifts off vertically from the ground at 0.1c. A plane flies past at 0.65c in the positive x direction. According to the ground observer the car remains parallel with the horizontal x axis. a. draw a 2...

During a quantum experiment there is an observer and you get a result. You perform the same experiment without an observer and get another result. Is this true? The link below is very good at explaining, it's animated too but that's good, it is fun to watch...

Hello. I’ve found in the forum this thread that had the same question I’d thought. https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=143593 But there were too much things involved in it. I would like to know if Bernoulli’s principle effects change if the Observer velocity changes. For instance...

I find in the literature of the subject different names for the length of a moving rod measured by an observer relative to whom it moves. Please let me know if ther is a standard name. Thanks

Accelerated charge radiates as observed by a stationary observer..is the converse also true?..i.e. Does a stationary charge observed by an accelerated observer radiates?

Sorry if this is more of a philosohpical question, but With both the strange perplexity and proven aspects of quantum mechanics in mind, do you think we will ultimetly need to devote a science beyond even neurophysiology to understanding what consciousness really is?

This is related to time dilation effect due to strength of gravity, basically GR effect on calculated speed of light. Two observers, observer#1 on a very large non-rotating sphere, experiencing 1.0g of gravity, observer#2 is a large distance from the sphere, experiencing 0.1g of gravity. Both...

Have any experiments been conducted that explore the state of consciousness of the observer in the double slit experiment? My understanding of the double slit experiment is this. Shoot one photon at a time through a slit and you get a line of light (particle model). Shoot single photons...

When is the next "13.00 Local Sidereal Time" for a UK observer? Anyone with software or equations to work that out?

Just imagine, a man who has been frozen completely, cannot move, does not sense, but he is alive and his internal organs are working perfectly. What is time for him? I mean, he is not sensing anything he is not sensing his living nor anything that is going around him? So, time doesn't exist for...

And the 2nd question: Do we know why is the speed of light 3*10^8 m/s? What determines this value? (I'm not asking about system of units) S.

Hello, I am new in this forum and I am not a scientist Can someone help me to understand the following question: does this String theory confute and negate the Observer Effect and that there is a subjective reality? Or it confirms it Thank you so much Rossella

Homework Statement Two trains emit whistles of the same frequency, 282 Hz. If one train is at rest and the other is traveling at 45 km/h away from an observer at rest, what beat frequency will the observer detect? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I used listener...

Homework Statement A train is moving parallel and adjacent to a highway with a constant speed of 25 m/s. A car, at time t0, is 42 m behind the train, traveling in the same direction as the train at 49 m/s, and accelerating at 4 m/s^2. The train's whistle blows at a frequency of 460Hz. The...

I have read a number of threads on acceleration and special relativity, but can't find what I'm looking for. I would like to know, in the context of special relativity, how to compute the acceleration "felt" by an observer, and how to transform this acceleration into different inertial frames...

Let’s put an observer in a 3-D frame of reference at x=0, y=0, z=0 to observe one of Einstein’s thought-experiments. You know the one - where a spaceship is equipped with a photon emitter, a mirror and another observer whose frame of reference is at rest with the spaceship. Let’s have the...

Homework Statement You are driving along a highway at 27.5 m/s when you hear the siren of a police car approaching you from behind and you perceive the frequency as 1250 Hz. You are relieved that he is in pursuit of a different speeder when he continues past you, but now you perceive the...

I keep seeing references to the observer effect in the double -slit experiment where the a of observing the photon or electron going through the slits causes a collapse of the wave function. so, instead of getting a cool interference pattern, you get the pattern expected if the light was...

Suppose I am in an inertial non-accelerated reference frame, and I observe a laser pen moving in a direction perpendicular to its length at a uniform constant velocity of one meter per second. If the laser pen were to fire very briefly, say for 1 millisecond, while in this state of uniform...

At school (a long time ago that is) we were taught: 1. a stationary charge produces a static electric field. 2. a moving charge produces a magnetic field, plus an electric field that is slightly different from the original electric field of the stationary charge. 3. a periodically...

does the temperature of a body depend upon the frame of reference from which it is observed?

Could the moving observer be at some distance instead of moving and still give Albert the same conclusion? In IX. The Relativity of Simultaneity, Albert describes two simultaneous lightning strikes and two observers. One of the observers is stationary at a mid point between the simultaneous...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/story/0,,2217495,00.html After a succession of corrupt elections in the US this doesn't sound like such a bad idea at all, especially with evangelicals subverting the Republican party & American democracy in general.