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Homework Statement
A light source at the origin of the O frame emits short pulses of light in interval of [itex]\tau[/itex] as measured in O. An observer located at the origin of the O' frame which moves at velocity v with respect to O along the x-axis, receives these light pulses.
Use a world line diagram to show the receipt of two consecutive pulses as measured in O if the first is emitted when the frame origins coincide. Show that measured in O the pulses are received at the origin of O' with the temporal separation of (c[itex]\tau[/itex])/(c-v) and spatial separation of (c[itex]\tau[/itex]v)/(c-v).
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
The pulses of light travel at velocity c
The receiver travels at velocity v
I have drawn the world line (t-x plot) and I'm pretty sure it's Δt and Δx i need to calculate but I'm not sure how to go about it.
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