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just dave
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- Something I thought of years ago that no one has answered.
Ok so here's my idea,it came to me while watching a record album spin on my turntable(I believe it was Dark Side of the Moon). Technically this exp. could be done now but the results would take a while.
You take a disc of some super strong material attach it to a ultra high RPM motor and put it in a vacuum chamber.Then spin it up to billions of rpm.Now a point near the center of this disc will not be moving very much but on the edge it's moving a lot.
Depending on the size (say it's 10 ft. in circumference) and it's speed (say 1 billion rpm) the edge of the disc is moving at 17% of c. So time slows down more on the edge of the disc then the center.Does the edge of the disc begin to disappear due to Time Dilation? How far back in time would it have to go before you noticed any effects?
Now I know there's no material strong enough to withstand the centrifugal forces or a motor that can rev up that high,that is why I called it a thought exp.This exp. could be done now but at a much slower speed and would have to run for years.
So what do you think?
You take a disc of some super strong material attach it to a ultra high RPM motor and put it in a vacuum chamber.Then spin it up to billions of rpm.Now a point near the center of this disc will not be moving very much but on the edge it's moving a lot.
Depending on the size (say it's 10 ft. in circumference) and it's speed (say 1 billion rpm) the edge of the disc is moving at 17% of c. So time slows down more on the edge of the disc then the center.Does the edge of the disc begin to disappear due to Time Dilation? How far back in time would it have to go before you noticed any effects?
Now I know there's no material strong enough to withstand the centrifugal forces or a motor that can rev up that high,that is why I called it a thought exp.This exp. could be done now but at a much slower speed and would have to run for years.
So what do you think?