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Acceleration without Horizons

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-02-19 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We derive the metric of an accelerating observer moving with non-constant proper acceleration in flat spacetime. With the exception of a limiting case representing a Rindler observer, there are no horizons. In our solution, observers can accelerate to any desired terminal speed v<cv_{\infty} < c. The motion of the accelerating observer is completely determined by the distance of closest approach and terminal velocity or, equivalently, by an acceleration parameter and terminal velocity.

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@article{arxiv.1502.05093,
  title  = {Acceleration without Horizons},
  author = {Alaric Doria and Gerardo Munoz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.05093},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure

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