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special relativity and apparent, actual and synchronized positions

 
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Jul27-08, 04:23 AM   #1
 

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
 
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Jul27-08, 04:29 AM   #2
 
Quote by bernhard.rothenstein View Post
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 x/c. Performing the Lorentz transformations to the rest frame of the moving particle we obtain
x'=gxa
t'=gxa/c (6)
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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