Can an observer really catch up with light
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Given a null geodesic with a point in conjugate to along , there will be a variation of which will give a time-like curve from to . This is a well-known theory proved in the famous book\cite{2}. In the paper we prove that the time-like curves coming from the above-mentioned variation have a proper acceleration which approaches infinity as the time-like curve approaches the null geodesic. This means no observer can be infinitesimally near the light and begin at the same point with the light and finally catch the light. Only separated from the light path finitely, does the observer can begin at the same point with the light and finally catch the light.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0211010,
title = {Can an observer really catch up with light},
author = {Guihua Tian and Zhao Zheng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0211010},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, no figures, submited to Physical Review D