A dynamical approach to relativity: Desynchronization of clocks in rigid acceleration and gravitational redshift

TL;DR

This paper introduces a dynamical model inspired by quantum electrodynamics to explain relativistic effects, revealing that Einstein's equivalence principle is essential for understanding clock desynchronization in accelerated frames.

Contribution

It presents a novel dynamical framework for relativity that explains phenomena like clock desynchronization and suggests modifications to quantum field theory and general relativity.

Findings

Dynamical explanation for relativistic phenomena

Clock desynchronization exhausts synchronization freedom in accelerated frames

Einstein's equivalence principle is necessary for gravitational redshift explanation

Abstract

In this paper, inspired by quantum field theory, or more specifically QED, we propose a dynamical model for relativity. By adopting the approach provided by this dynamical model, we provide a dynamical explanation for relativistic phenomena such as length contraction, time dilation and clock desynchronization. The result of the dynamical approach for clock desynchronization is especially interesting. Our dynamical approach exhausts the freedom for different clock synchronizations on frames accelerated from an initial reference frame, which is allowed by Einstein's principle approach. Furthermore, our dynamical approach arrives at the interesting conclusion that Einstein's equivalence principle and gravitational redshift are necessary to explain special relativistic clock desynchronization. This result shows that special relativity by itself is an incomplete theory. If our dynamical model assumptions are assumed to be valid at a fundamental level, it implies some modifications to quantum field theory and general relativity via the equivalence principle. These modifications have been discussed.