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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.

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@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