1998/10/27 by Bing Hurl, Hurl, Bing, Zhi-Yong Wang Hai-Dong Zhang +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9810054
Latex, 8 pages
arxiv created 2000/04/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Through the analysis of the definition of the duration of proper time of a particle given by the length of its world line, we show that there is no transitivity of the coordinate time function derived from the definition, so there exists an ambiguity in the determination of the duration of the proper time for the particle. Its physical consequence is illustrated with quantum measurement effect.