Image:Light cone.png
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English: The interval AB in the diagram to the right is 'time-like'. I.e. there is a frame of reference in which event A and event B occur at the same location in space, separated only by occurring at different times. If A precedes B in that frame, then A precedes B in all frames. It is hypothetically possible for matter (or information) to travel from A to B, so there can be a causal relationship (with A the cause and B the effect). The interval AC in the diagram is 'space-like'. I.e. there is a frame of reference in which event A and event C occur simultaneously, separated only in space. However there are also frames in which A precedes C (as shown) and frames in which C precedes A. Barring some way of traveling faster than light, it is not possible for any matter (or information) to travel from A to C or from C to A. Thus there is no causal connection between A and C.
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11:53, 13 November 2005 | en:User:Fredrik | |
21:07, 12 August 2004 | en:User:Sverdrup | (tagging with {{GFDL}} - there shouldn't be a problem with doing this to images fredrik has done.) |
20:17, 12 August 2004 | en:User:Anthony DiPierro | |
20:08, 12 August 2004 | en:User:Fredrik |
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- (del) (cur) 20:08, 12 August 2004 . . en:User:Fredrik Fredrik ( en:User_talk:Fredrik Talk) . . 557x698 (107862 bytes)
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- Special relativity
- Speed of light
- World Year of Physics 2005
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