Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald Body Contraction
History and Philosophy of Physics
2018-02-16 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Optics
Abstract
A complete foundational discussion of acceleration in context of Special Relativity is presented. Acceleration allows the measurement of a Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction created. It is argued that in the back scattering of a probing laser beam from a relativistic flying electron cloud mirror generated by an ultra-intense laser pulse, a first measurement of a Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction is feasible.
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@article{arxiv.1708.05670,
title = {Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald Body Contraction},
author = {Johann Rafelski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05670},
year = {2018}
}
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4 pages Letter, submitted to EPJA, dedicated to memory of Walter Greiner