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kent davidge
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I'm searching, but so far I have not found a derivation of the coordinates shown by wikipedia in the very beggining of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rindler_coordinates#Characteristics_of_the_Rindler_frame.
It seems obvious from the relation ##X^2 - T^2 = 1 / a^2##, (##c = 1##), that ##X = (1/a) \cosh \varphi## and ##Y = (1/a) \sinh \varphi##, but that ##\varphi = t/a## is not obvious.
Sorry, I've titled this thread as "the most general form" but later realized that the form I'm talking about is not the most general form. Anyways the question remains.
It seems obvious from the relation ##X^2 - T^2 = 1 / a^2##, (##c = 1##), that ##X = (1/a) \cosh \varphi## and ##Y = (1/a) \sinh \varphi##, but that ##\varphi = t/a## is not obvious.
Sorry, I've titled this thread as "the most general form" but later realized that the form I'm talking about is not the most general form. Anyways the question remains.