Space-time curvature


• The notion of “local” time evoked remains (at least) to be specified. However, one must insist on the fact that it seems to be obtained by this argument a “time” passing rather fastly (?) in the zones of space (?) where there are more interactions, and therefore particularly in the vicinity of a large mass, what is the direction contrary to experimental observations (conformably predicted by general relativity [1]).

This means perhaps simply that the “proto-definition” of “local” time is badly posed, but that imposes a seach for clarifications.

• One may propound that only the relative time scale is perceptible ; when crossing the neighbourhood of a zone where many interactions happen, a system would see the proportion of its own interactions relatively less important, what effectively corresponds to a “fastless” apparent time flow.

One may thus examine the problem of interactions in the vininity of a “black hole” whithin its “horizon” (if that exists).

• Coming back to special relativity, one is led to consider the motion : if a point which is moving is such that as the time increases, its interactions proceed principally with different neighbourhoods in space (?), then how to interpret that the time of a moving point seems to pass slowly ?

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References :

1. see as example :
“Théorie du champ”, L. Landau and E. Lifchitz, ed. Mir ;
“Gravitation and cosmology”, S. Weinberg, ed. Wiley, 1972.



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