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The Adjusted Twin Paradox

Imagine that at some time in the future we have the technology to actually perform the Twin Paradox experiment with a set of twins and a spaceship that can travel at relativistic speeds. Since the twins are, in a way, the same person in two places at the same time, we will assume they experience the exact same rate of the passage of time.

As soon as B, the traveling brother, begins to accelerate towards relativistic speeds, his experience of the rate of change begins to slow, and his brother A's original experience of the rate of change begins to become faster relative to B. Since B is moving in an accelerated frame of reference, his experience of the rate of change is slower than the experience of A. Formally, the Lorentz transformation has been used to calculate the variance in relative time between A and B; hence the Twin Paradox. Assume twin B is going to travel 0.8 times the speed of light. Let v/c = 0.8 Therefore, calculate that: = 3/5, and =5/3. At the midpoint of Bs journey, we can

Assuming that when A experiences 10 units of time and B experiences 6 units of time, both A and B are at the temporal midpoint of the time it takes for B to return. According to the Twin Paradox, the twin that stayed ( A ) will be 20 units of time older when B returns, and the twin that traveled ( B ) will be 12 units of time older when B returns. However, unknown to the experimenters in our example, there is an unaccounted for aspect to this paradox given that A and B exist in relative frames of reference. Since A and B exist in relative frames of reference with different rates of time, we will apply the Existics equations as calibration to the Lorentz transformation. Since A and B no longer experience the same rate of change, and since the rate of

change relative to A is faster than the rate of change relative to B, then A is in the future relative to B, and B is in the past relative to A. A and B are interacting through relative frames of reference, and the time variance transformation from Existics must be applied.

(see Existics101.pdf)

There exists an A and a B in the past, present and future, all simultaneously, and they are all about to switch positions in relation to each other. Since A is at a faster rate of change relative to B, A will end up interacting with a B from a faster rate of change frame of reference. Also, since B is at a slower rate of change relative to A, B will end up interacting with an A from a slower rate of change frame of reference.

At the midpoint, where B is neither going away from nor towards A, B is in an accelerated frame of reference relative to A. A relative to A, or (A)A, is in the future relative to B, and B relative to B, or (B)B, is in the past relative to A. A relative to B, or(A)B, is at a slower rate of change than (A)A, and B relative to A, or (B)A is at a faster rate of change than (B)B.

Since B is aging slower than A, time relative to A is faster than time relative to B. When A (relative to himself) is at the midpoint, B (relative to himself) is slightly behind in time and is approaching the midpoint. When B (relative to himself) reaches the midpoint, A (relative to himself) is slightly ahead of B in time. We can now calculate the relative time variance between A and B.

When A is at the midpoint, B is slightly behind: B is at 5.545 units of time relative to himself. When B has progressed onto being at the midpoint, A is slightly ahead: A is at 10.909 units of time relative to himself. The problem is this: if A is ahead of B in time, then who does A interact with when B arrives relative to A and relative to B? The answer is this: (B)A arrives to meet with A; B arrives to meet with (A)B. Remember, we are dealing with an extra dimension of time, and relative frames of reference.

Since (A)B is slower than A, and since B previously had the same rate of change as A, not only does time relative to B need to speed up towards the rate of change of (A)B as B decelerates, but an additional speeding-up of time is needed so that when B decelerates to a complete stop, that the objective rate of change relative to B is the same as the objective rate of change relative to (A)B.

In other words, B previously coexisted with A experiencing the same rate of the passage of time. However, B has descended down the y-coordinate of time (passage or rate of change). Therefore, B now travels in the x-coordinate direction (period or linear time) slower than it previously did. Since both A and B are now operating at different rates of change, they interact with different As and B's through relativistic corresponding new rates of change; relative to each other. (A)B interacts with B, and (B)A interacts with A.

A is at a faster rate of change than (A)B, and B is at a slower rate of change than (B)A. (B)A comes from a faster rate of change compared to the initial B, and (A)B is at a slower rate of change compared to the initial A.

The result is that B arrives having had a faster rate of change than predicted, and B arrives at an earlier time than expected. B is older than expected, arriving early. This is

an additional time displacement for A and B, relative to their common center of time; unaccounted for in Relativity. Both A and B, through relative frames of reference, affect the others existence, and both have a time displacement centered around the linear time of the common event (interaction) relative to A and B; regardless of who travels.

Since (B)A is farther in the future relative to B, (B)A will arrive at the event relative to A (event A) prior to B, collapsing the possibility for B to arrive at event A. Since (B)A is ahead in time, that means that (B)A has a faster rate of change than B.

Since (A)B is farther in the past relative to A, (A)B has a slower rate of change than A. Therefore, B will arrive at the event relative to B (event B) corresponding with (A)B.

Since A and B have shifted away from sharing the same experience of the passage of time relative to one another, both A and B undergo an additional shift in time, so that when B decelerates and approaches A, they can interact at corresponding rates of change.

Therefore, when B finally arrives at A, he knows he took longer than he should have and says, "Sorry I am late!" However, A looks at his brother with astonishment and says, "Oh, you have arrived early!" To both of their surprise, the clock that B took with him reports that B took longer to arrive than predicted. Also, the clock that A had with him reports that B has arrived ahead of schedule. This essay, which was originally written in the winter of 2002-2003, accounts for the superluminal and subluminal velocities of the neutrino measured by experiment through the application of the Existics equations to the Lorentz Transformation.