Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity
From: "Bill Hobba" <bho...@iprimus.com.au>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:46:26 +1000
Local: Sun 24 Aug 2003 03:46
Subject: Re: SR treatment of arbitrarily accelerated motion
Dirk Van de moortel wrote:
> Suppose I is an inertial observer and A is an arbitrarily accelerated http://hermes.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~dkoks/Faq/Relativity/SR/rocket... > observer that constantly monitors the acceleration he feels as a > function a(T) of his own proper time T (this is 'tau'). > At each time T, observer A can write the amount with which his > velocity has changed during a small (infinitesimal) proper time > interval dT during which the acceleration does not change as > dV(T) = a(T) dT > This change of velocity is to be regarded with respect to the > instantaneously comoving inertial frame at time T. > Observer I can parametrize the worldline of A with the same > Since v(T+dT) is the standard SR composition ('addition') of the > To calculate dv(T)/dT we use > Rearrange: > Inverting to > Use the standard SR Lorentz transformation (with c=1) between > Integrate beteen 0 and T: > If possible, eliminate T to find the equation of the worldline x(t) > If possible, invert the expression for t(T) to find the proper time > Summary: > Example: > Take Nice to see the full details Dirk But at a logical level all you really > a(T) = a = contant > So > A(T) = Int{ 0 to T; a(T') dT' } > = a T > So > v(T) = tanh(A(T)) > = tanh(a T) > and > x(T) = Int{ 0 to T; sinh(a T') dT' } > = 1/a * ( cosh(a T) - 1 ) > and > t(T) = Int{ 0 to T; cosh(A(T')) dT' } > = 1/a * sinh(a T) > Eliminate T: > Also proper time as a function of coordinate time: > Re-introduce c and we find: need to remember is that during an infinitesimal time period an accelerated system can be considered to be traveling and constant velocity so SR applies. Thanks You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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