Lorentz-contraction formula from non-simultaneous events
Classical Physics
2012-04-23 v2
Abstract
We present a derivation of the relativistic length-contraction formula based on Lorentz space-time transformations on non-simultaneous events. Our derivation avoids the disputable story about the stationary observer and its simultaneous measurements of object's end-points.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0503156,
title = {Lorentz-contraction formula from non-simultaneous events},
author = {Aleksandar Gjurchinovski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0503156},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 figures