Saturday, July 31, 2010

two clocks

Say you have a quantum mechanical atomic clock based on entangled particles (there are some articles describing these clocks if you Google it, so it's possible; I don't know the math). Now say we separate the clocks and move lightyears apart. Say you stop with your clock while I continue moving so we are no longer in the same reference frame. Then you observe your clock so that the quantum mechanical properties are set (thus instantaneously setting mine).

1. Even though we are in different reference frames, will my clock instantly follow suit?

2. If we continue this process and use it to establish an absolute time, doesn't that violate both laws against absolute simultaneity and the general laws of relativity about time dilation and lack of an absolute reference frame?