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On the Bell's spaceships paradox and proper length for accelerated bodies

Classical Physics 2021-05-12 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study the Dewan-Beran-Bell thought experiment of two spaceships connected by a thread that start accelerated motion and discuss the proper length of the thread by means of Born's definition of proper length for arbitrary motion.

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@article{arxiv.1808.03989,
  title  = {On the Bell's spaceships paradox and proper length for accelerated bodies},
  author = {Jesús Ceresuela and Josep Llosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.03989},
  year   = {2021}
}

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