Those who live on high floors are aging faster than living on low

One of the postulates of the theory of relativity says that the farther one is from Earth, the time for it goes faster. This difference, scientists have long tried to measure in terrestrial conditions and, finally, they succeeded.

Uniquely precise atomic clocks for the first time possible to observe and measure it in normal conditions, to a height of 33 cm. The work of atomic clocks based on the ability of atoms and ions (charged atoms) under the influence of the electromagnetic pulse of a certain frequency to jump from one energy level to another. The atoms can be made to "jump" between two levels by emitting quanta of energy at a frequency of about one million billion times per second, measuring out these "tics" negligible fraction of the time. The standard used radiation of the cesium atom. If, as in the NIST, as the radiation source used optical laser radiation and its impact on the aluminum ion, the accuracy of the clock will increase ten times.

Aluminum atomic clocks located in different laboratories, joined 75-meter fiber optic cable. Some watches have been fixed with respect to the earth's surface, the second - gradually raised to 33 cm above the first. As predicted by Einstein, as one moves up the second clock "ticking" quickly.

In other words, the one who lives on the top floor, actually aging faster than living on the ground, but fortunately so small that only the atomic clock is able to grasp. (For 79 years, the top watch, remaining in this position, be aged 90 billionths of a second faster than the lower).

Source: www.nkj.ru

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