About time dilation. We remember the descriptive diagram which includes, for example, the train which moves at a speed "v". The two mirrors installed in the train between which a beam of light circulates constantly. There is also an external observer who, according to the descriptive diagram, observes what is happening. According to Einstein this observer who is outside the train, this observer being stationary, observes that the time it takes the light to travel the distance between the two mirrors dilates! In my opinion we cannot observe a dilation of time, moreover we do not yet know what is the definition or the concept of time is!!! In my opinion the outside observer can notice that the speed of light is a constant which is, c,!! But according to me the light circulating between the two mirrors "sees" its time dilates because of the speed of the train!! thus the speed of light circulating between the two mirrors is no longer, c, but less than, c!!! And in my opinion, light has an intrinsic property which is the dilation and each dilation corresponds to a reduction in its speed so that it becomes less than, c! and in my opinion this must be the principle of atomic clocks which delay when they are moving at one speed, v!! In other words it is not gravity that slows down an atomic clock in mouvement at a speed, v !!
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Although this is not in my field of expertise, i feel the urge to elaborate. hope you'll find a satisfactory answer in my hypothesis bellow.
Theoretically, based on both the Special Relativity and the General Relativity, light itself does not have a temporal property in the sense of being able to dilate time.
Time dilation, as described by Einstein's theory of relativity, occurs due to the relative motion between observers or the presence of gravitational fields.
Light itself travels at a constant speed (approximately 299,792,458 meters per second in vacuum), and from its own perspective, it experiences no passage of time because, according to relativity, time does not pass for massless particles like photons.
Until a superior theory emerges, we can agree that light itself does not cause time dilation. Instead, time dilation effects manifest when comparing the experiences of observers in various frames of reference (due to relative motion) or at different gravitational potentials.
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