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An Undergraduate Test of Gravitational Time Dilation
Brian Patterson, Mario Serna, Jerry F. Sell +11
Students at Colorado College and cadets at the US Air Force Academy have conducted an experimental test of gravitational time dilation. This relativistic effect, highlighted in the…
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Measurement of Gravitational Time Dilation: An Undergraduate Research Project
M. Shane Burns, Michael D. Leveille, Armand R. Dominguez +10
General relativity predicts that clocks run more slowly near massive objects. The effect is small---a clock at sea level lags behind one 1000 m above sea level by only 9.4 ns/day.…