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n_ktt
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I've been wondering abut the following situation:
Let us imagine that there is a long train that moves with speed of v=sqrt(3/4)*c
For v=sqrt(3/4)*c
gamma=2
The clocks are synchronized when the railway engine meets the observer in reference frame.
When a one unit of time in reference frame has passed (t=1), then the observer
looks on the car that is at position:
x = sqrt(1/3)
Then the oberver is supprised, because the clock in the car shows the same time as its clock:
t' = gamma(t-v/c2 * x)
gamma=2
t=1
x=sqrt(1/3)
t'=2(1-sqrt(3/4)*sqrt(1/3) = 1
Can anybody explain what that it means?
Let us imagine that there is a long train that moves with speed of v=sqrt(3/4)*c
For v=sqrt(3/4)*c
gamma=2
The clocks are synchronized when the railway engine meets the observer in reference frame.
When a one unit of time in reference frame has passed (t=1), then the observer
looks on the car that is at position:
x = sqrt(1/3)
Then the oberver is supprised, because the clock in the car shows the same time as its clock:
t' = gamma(t-v/c2 * x)
gamma=2
t=1
x=sqrt(1/3)
t'=2(1-sqrt(3/4)*sqrt(1/3) = 1
Can anybody explain what that it means?