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| Oct23-11, 08:14 AM | #1 |
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Distance light travels in a relatively moving frame?
I was wondering if say.. you have a particle moving at 0.5c in the +x direction and a lightbulb at relative rest to the particle.
The particle passes the lightbulb at t[itex]_{0}[/itex] The lightbulb then flashes, the wave reaches the particle at a particular point, and the speed of light is then measured (by the particle) to be c. Does this then mean that the light wave will then travel a distance of ct from that point in the reference frame of the particle; t being any point in time that the particle wishes to measure the distance of the light wave from it. |
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| Oct23-11, 08:56 AM | #5 |
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Thanks Doc Al, that's helped clear up confusion.
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