Thx, I understand it now.The motion of a photon seen from S is given by :
x = x0 + ctUsing the standard Lorentz Transformation formulas, I can express the motion of a photon seen from S' by :
x' = \gammax0 + \gamma(c-v)(t'/\gamma(1-v/c) + vx0/c2(1-v/c))This eventually leads to the distance...
I'm trying to teach myself special relativity. I use the book 'Introduction to Special Relativity' by Wolfgang Rindler. I have a question about length contraction.
We consider 2 particles traveling along the x-axis of a reference frame S with a constant distance between them. We can always go...
I'm trying to teach myself special relativity (using the book 'Introduction to Special Relativity' by Wolfgang Rindler). I'm currently working on the problem stated above.
My first approach was : x1=ct ; x2=L+ct.
Then using x'=gamma(x-vt) and t'=gamma(t-vx/c²) I calculate x1' and x2'...