Lorentz contraction and accelerated systems
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The paper discusses the problem of the Lorentz contraction in accelerated systems, in the context of the special theory of relativity. Equal proper accelerations along different world lines are considered, showing the differences arising when the world lines correspond to physically connected or disconnected objects. In all cases the special theory of relativity proves to be completely self-consistent
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0301050,
title = {Lorentz contraction and accelerated systems},
author = {Angelo Tartaglia and Matteo Luca Ruggiero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0301050},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, LaTeX, to be published in European Journal of Physics