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| Jul27-08, 04:23 AM | #1 |
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special relativity and apparent, actual and synchronized positions
Consider a particle that moves with speed V in the positive direction of the OX axis of the inertial reference frame I. At a time t=0 it is located at a point Ma characterized by a apace coordinate xa. Using a terminology proposed by Deissler1 we call that position aparent. At t=0 a light signal is emitted from the origin O in the positive direction of the OX axis. Its arrival at the point Ma is associated with event E1 characterized by a space coordinate xa and by a time coordinate xa and by a time coordinate xa/c. At that very time the moving particle arrives at its actual position associated with an event E2 characterized by a space coordinate xa(1+V/c) taking into account that during the time interval xa/c the moving particle has advances with Vxa/c, and by a time coordinate xa/c. The two events are simultaneous in I.
Performing the Lorentz transformation of the space-time coordinates of event E2 to the rest frame I' of the moving partcle the results are x'=gxa=gcta (1) and t'=gta[1-V/c(1+V/c)]=gxa[1-V/c(1+V/c)] (2) g standing for the Lorentz factor. If we neglect second order effects (2) becomes t'=ta[(1-V/c)/(1+V/c)]1/2 (3) Let E be the event associated with the fact that the world lines of the moving particle and of the propagating light signal intersect each other. Let x be its space coordinate. From x=xa+Vx/c (4) we obtain that x=xa/(1-V/c) (5) event E being characterized by a time coordinate |
| Jul27-08, 04:29 AM | #2 |
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Do you consider that the derivations above are correct? Are they a simple exercise in handling the Lorentz transformations or there is some physics behind them. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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