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Chris Miller
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I understand that time slows with increased velocity and gravity, but even after reading this (article http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/clock.html) I'm a little confused as to whether or not acceleration alone, as in independent of (i.e., in addition to) velocity slows time.
E.g., consider a clock in a centrifuge out in space passed by another non-accelerating clock whose relative velocity is momentarily 0 (i.e., equal to the centrifuge clock's tangential velocity). Are they running at the same rate?
E.g., During the instant I smash into a brick wall (go from say 150 mph to 0), is my car's clock running faster or slower than before the collision?
E.g., consider a clock in a centrifuge out in space passed by another non-accelerating clock whose relative velocity is momentarily 0 (i.e., equal to the centrifuge clock's tangential velocity). Are they running at the same rate?
E.g., During the instant I smash into a brick wall (go from say 150 mph to 0), is my car's clock running faster or slower than before the collision?