QuantumR4ge
QuantumR4ge t1_iy328gn wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: What does it mean by time slowing down at event horizon? by [deleted]
An in falling observer is a non accelerating observer by definition. An in falling observer is inertial. You are viewing the world from a newtonian perspective. The proper acceleration of an inertial observer, is 0, an observer acting under only gravity is inertial, they are following a geodesic, that’s literally why they are falling. This is essentially what the equivalence principle is telling you. There is no “gravitational force “ pulling you.
In Kruskal-szekeres coordinates you can clearly see the event horizon is not defined for the in falling observer. The event horizon is not defined for observers following a geodesic
You are getting confused here, for reference my specialism is in general relativity, this is the field of research i do.
QuantumR4ge t1_iy2z3m8 wrote
Reply to comment by Czl2 in ELI5: What does it mean by time slowing down at event horizon? by [deleted]
Yeah, the redshift of light happens for the same reasons but rather than dilating the time, its about contracting lengths.
QuantumR4ge t1_iy2z05q wrote
Reply to comment by breckenridgeback in ELI5: What does it mean by time slowing down at event horizon? by [deleted]
That isn’t the reason, the reason you don’t observe time dilation in your own frame is because as an in-falling observer you are not accelerating or in motion (you always see yourself at rest), so for both the in-falling and outside observer to agree on the local speed of light, they must disagree on space and time. (Although a specific combination of these is conserved)
The in falling observer actually can’t even define where the event horizon is
QuantumR4ge t1_iy2v72e wrote
It means as an outside observer watches you fall, they see each tick on your clock taking longer and longer to happen the closer and closer you get to this magical point
QuantumR4ge t1_iqxqqbk wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL a German scientist named Alfred Wegener was ridiculed in 1912 for advancing the idea that the continents were adrift. Ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.” or “Germanic pseudo-science” and accused Wegener of toying with the evidence to spin himself into “a state of auto-intoxication." by Hot----------Dog
No, it isn’t. Can you cite an actual detection of the unruh effect?
QuantumR4ge t1_iy7fj7u wrote
Reply to comment by katha757 in ELI5: What does it mean by time slowing down at event horizon? by [deleted]
Redshift changes the energy of the light but it still travels the same speed locally