Visualizing proper-time in Special Relativity

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dc.creatorSalgado, Roberto B.
dc.date2005-05-19
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dc.descriptionWe 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."
dc.description11 pages, 14 figures, to appear
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0505134
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0505134
dc.identifierPhysics Teacher (Indian Physical Society), v46 (4), pp. 132-143 (October-December 2004)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96822
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.titleVisualizing proper-time in Special Relativity
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