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[edit] Summary
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Illustration of a light cone, based on Image:Light cone.png |
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self-made |
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2007-07-23 |
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| Permission (Reusing this image) |
see below |
The interval AB in the diagram to the right is 'time-like'. I.e. there is a frame of reference in which event A and event B occur at the same location in space, separated only by occurring at different times. If A precedes B in that frame, then A precedes B in all frames. It is hypothetically possible for matter (or information) to travel from A to B, so there can be a causal relationship (with A the cause and B the effect).
The interval AC in the diagram is 'space-like'. I.e. there is a frame of reference in which event A and event C occur simultaneously, separated only in space. However there are also frames in which A precedes C (as shown) and frames in which C precedes A. Barring some way of traveling faster than light, it is not possible for any matter (or information) to travel from A to C or from C to A. Thus there is no causal connection between A and C.
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I, Sakurambo, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible: Afrikaans | Alemannisch | Aragonés | العربية | Asturianu | Български | Català | Česky | Cymraeg | Dansk | Deutsch | Eʋegbe | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Esperanto | Euskara | Estremeñu | فارسی | Français | Galego | 한국어 | हिन्दी | Hrvatski | Ido | Bahasa Indonesia | Íslenska | Italiano | עברית | Kurdî / كوردی | Latina | Lietuvių | Latviešu | Magyar | Македонски | Bahasa Melayu | Nederlands | Norsk (bokmål) | Norsk (nynorsk) | 日本語 | Polski | Português | Ripoarisch | Română | Русский | Shqip | Slovenčina | Slovenščina | Српски / Srpski | Svenska | ไทย | Tagalog | Türkçe | Українська | Tiếng Việt | Walon | 中文(简体) | 中文(繁體) | zh-yue-hant | +/- |
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| current | 08:22, 23 July 2007 | 333×515 (8 KB) | Sakurambo | (slight alteration) |
| 00:10, 23 July 2007 | 333×515 (8 KB) | Sakurambo | ({{Information |Description=Illustration of a w:light cone, based on Image:Light cone.png |Source=self-made |Date=2007-07-23 |Author= Sakurambo }} The interval AB in the diagram to the right is 'time-like'. I.e. there is a fram) |
