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I was reading a book on SR and GR and it used the example of a falling elevator with a light beam traveling through it. Considering this setup leads to the conclusion that light bends in a gravitational field. My question is, would light bend as a result of any kind of acceleration given the elevator experiment. For example, if you were to accelerate an elevator magnetically and shine a light beam perpendicular to the direction of motion would not the light beam be curved to an onlooker outside of the elevator?