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English: A photon clock, at a resting frame of reference.
A photon bounces between mirrors A and B; the clock ticks every time it hits the mirror A. If the separation between the mirrors is L, then this clock's period is 2L/c.
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2007-12-31 11:05 DVdm 400×450× (13525 bytes) Delta notation to conform with rest of article and to avoid confusion with twin picture
2006-01-08 02:55 Mdd4696 400×450× (12247 bytes) A photon clock in a rest frame. A photon bounces between mirrors A and B; the clock ticks every time it hits the mirror A. If the separation between the mirrors is L, then this clock's period is 2L/c. I created this SVG version of [[Time-dilation-001.jp
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