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Nonlocal Electrodynamics of Linearly Accelerated Systems

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The measurement of an electromagnetic radiation field by a linearly accelerated observer is discussed. The nonlocality of this process is emphasized. The nonlocal theory of accelerated observers is briefly described and the consequences of this theory are illustrated using a concrete example involving the measurement of an incident pulse of radiation by an observer that experiences uniform acceleration during a limited interval of time.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0407278,
  title  = {Nonlocal Electrodynamics of Linearly Accelerated Systems},
  author = {Bahram Mashhoon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0407278},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

24 pages, no figures, expanded version accepted for publication in Physical Review A