Does electromagnetism affect time?

ALBERT EINSTEIN’S theories explain how magnetic and electromagnetic fields induce curvature in space-time. Electric charges and magnets do indeed “distort space,” but this happens on a couple of levels. So one way in which a charge or a magnet will distort space-time is by virtue of its matter.

What is a time dilation field?

Time dilation fields are areas in which time moves faster or slower than in the surrounding space, depending on the configuration of the device generating it. The Ancients and Asgard are both races that utilize time dilation devices.

What is length contraction physics?

Length contraction is the phenomenon that a moving object’s length is measured to be shorter than its proper length, which is the length as measured in the object’s own rest frame.

What forces affect time?

So the technically correct answer to the question is that no force affects time; but (distortions of space)time are what we call the gravitational force, whereas other forces (e.g., electromagnetism) amount to distortions of other fields that exist within spacetime, not the metric of spacetime itself.

Why does time only flow forward?

The arrow of time dictated by the universe’s expansion moves forward for the same reason the psychological and thermodynamic arrows of time do so – disorder increases as the universe expands. The universe is disposed to foster disorder for the simple reason that disorder is more favorable than order.

Is it possible to create a gravitational time dilation?

Since an electromagnetic field is associated with a non-vanishing energy-momentum tensor, which in turn is the source term of gravity in the Einstein field equations, the answer is yes – if you were able to produce a strong enough field you would eventually get a measurable gravitational time dilation as compared to a reference clock far away.

Does a magnetic field cause time dilation?

You ask whether a magnetic field causes time dilation, but since there are no magnetic monopoles (or at least we’ve never found any) I can’t think of a situation where you could usefully separate out the effects of the magnetic field from all the other effects.

How does the electric potential change with distance?

The electric potential, V, decreases as one moves in the direction of the electric field. In the case shown here, the electric field is constant; as a result, the electric potential decreases uniformly with distance. We have arbitrarily set the potential equal to zero at the right-hand plate.

Why does the electric field have mass?

Actually there is a big misunderstanding in the physicist’s answer which seems to be very common for some reason even among experts. He says that the electric field has mass because it has energy stored in it. This is simply not true. Not all forms of energy have an equivalent mass.