Visualizing proper-time in Special Relativity
Abstract
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We present a new visualization of the proper-time elapsed along an observer's worldline. By supplementing worldlines with light clocks, the measurement of space-time intervals is reduced to the "counting of ticks." The resulting space-time diagrams are pedagogically attractive because they emphasize the relativistic view that "time is what is measured by an observer's clock."
11 pages, 14 figures, to appear
11 pages, 14 figures, to appear