A further remark on the clock paradox

Rokuo Kawabe

Herbert Dingle

J. Bajnok

The simplest version of the clock paradox is the following: A and B are two adjacent atomic clocks at rest (v = 0) in a closed inertial system K. After an acceleration period, the atomic clock A travels with constant velocity va at L distance, then stops and moves contrariwise with constant velocity at L distance before slows it down and stops next to clock B. According to the standard theoretical statement, the clock in motion would run slower, therefore, after returning next to clock B, clock A shows less time elapsed as clock than clock B that remained at rest. This can be described with the frequency changes of the clocks. The frequency of the clock in motion is

H. G. Dosch, J.H.D. Jansen, V.F. Mueller

P. J. Bussey

There are few topics in physics that have excited so many different contrary opinions as Einstein’s so-called ‘Twin Paradox’, otherwise known as the ‘Clock Paradox’. It arises as an apparent conseq...