Einstein's mirror revisited
General Physics
2009-04-06 v2 Classical Physics
Abstract
We describe a simple geometrical derivation of the formula for reflection of light from a uniformly moving plane mirror directly from the postulates of special relativity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0701222,
title = {Einstein's mirror revisited},
author = {Aleksandar Gjurchinovski and Aleksandar Skeparovski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0701222},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX4, comments welcome; V2: corrected Fig. 5 and the discussion associated with it, co-author included