B Redshift of a light pulse between 2 accelerating rockets

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I'm reading book from here. Suppose two rockets are accelerating with the same acceleration ##a## and are separated by some distance ##z##. At time ##t_0## the trailing rocket emits a light pulse. The book tells that pulse reaches leading box after time ##z/c## as seen in background frame. But won't the pulse actually have to cover a distance more than ##z## to reach the front rocket since the front rocket would've moved forward in that time? This on pg 65
 
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Yes, that is a first order approximation.
 
Dale said:
Yes, that is a first order approximation.
It like this? If front ship moved extra ##x## dist by the time (say ##t##) light reached, then ##ct-z=ut+at^2/2##. and then we say ##u<<c## so we ignore, and we say that time taken is super short so we ignore ##t^2## too. So every thing gets ignored and we get ##ct-z=0##. This the author logic?
 
More or less, yes. The only other thing is that usually they choose the reference frame where ##u=0##. So the displacement due to acceleration is 2nd order (##at^2/2##)
 
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