Two Examples of Circular Motion for Introductory Courses in Relativity

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dc.creatorWortel, Stephanie
dc.creatorMalin, Shimon
dc.creatorSemon, Mark
dc.date2007-03-17
dc.date2007-04-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:43:09Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:43:09Z
dc.descriptionThe circular twin paradox and Thomas Precession are presented in a way that makes both accessible to students in introductory relativity courses. Both are discussed by examining what happens during travel around a polygon and then in the limit as the polygon tends to a circle. Since relativistic predictions based on these examples can be verified in experiments with macroscopic objects such as atomic clocks and the gyroscopes on Gravity Probe B, they are particularly convincing to introductory students.
dc.descriptionAccepted by the American Journal of Physics This version includes revisions
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0703090
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0703090
dc.identifierAm.J.Phys.75:1123-1133,2007; Erratum-ibid.76:595,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1119/1.2779883
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201134
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectClassical Physics
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.titleTwo Examples of Circular Motion for Introductory Courses in Relativity
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