Photons in a Box Contribute Weight

[George Jones]

for massive particles this coordinate speed depends on a critical speed which is $c/\sqrt{3}$, above this speed a test particle's coordinate speed will slow down, below it it will speed up. Massive particles also have a critical proper speed which is $c/\sqrt{2}$.

I became interested in this type of stuff a few months ago, and I did a bunch of calculations in Schwarzschild and Rindler spacetimes. There is some confusion in the literature, but a couple of interesting references are:

http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0310020;

http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0310020.

For accelerated motion in special relativity, see Figure 1 of the second reference.

 

[Passionflower]

Both references are identical, I suppose you meant http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0111103v2 for the second one.

 

[George Jones]

Both references are identical,

Oops; thanks.

I suppose you meant http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0111103v2 for the second one.

Actually, I meant

http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0406118.

 

[Passionflower]

http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0406118

For accelerated motion in special relativity, see Figure 1 of the second reference.

How fascinating!
Fermi coordinates are truly enlightening in relativity!

The famous elevator with a twist: