The system of uniformly accelerating observers
General Physics
2008-12-02 v1
Abstract
We begin with a scenario that involves point-like observers starting at t=0 from the origin O of an inertial reference frame. They move with all possible proper accelerations in the positive direction of the OX axis. Equipped with light sources the accelerating observers get involved in experiments like Doppler Effect, radar detection and radar echo. We derive formulas accounting for the experiments mentioned above. In the case of the Doppler Effect we take into account the non-locality aspect in the time interval measurement by accelerating observers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0610049,
title = {The system of uniformly accelerating observers},
author = {Bernhard Rothenstein and Stefan Popescu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0610049},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
17 pages, 17 figures, The problem we consider has not only an academic interest, but the results obtained are of interest also for the pilots of high-speed airplanes