Fermi co-ordinates and relativistic effects in non-inertial frames
| dc.creator | Nikolic, H. | |
| dc.date | 2000-09-19 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:25:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:25:16Z | |
| dc.description | Fermi co-ordinates are proper co-ordinates of a local observer determined by his trajectory in space-time. Two observers at different positions belong to different Fermi frames even if there is no relative motion between them. Use of Fermi co-ordinates leads to several physical conclusions related to relativistic effects seen by observers in arbitrary motion. In flat space-time, the relativistic length seen by an observer depends only on his instantaneous velocity, not on his acceleration or rotation. In arbitrary space-time, for any observer the velocity of light is isotropic and equal to $c$, provided that it is measured by propagating a light beam in a small neighbourhood of the observer. The value of a covariant field measured at the position of the observer depends only on his instantaneous position and velocity, not on his acceleration. The notion of radiation is observer independent. A "freely" falling charge in curved space-time does not move along a geodesic and therefore radiates. | |
| dc.description | 9 pages, talk presented at the conference "Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory VII", London, September 15-18, 2000, to appear in the proceedings | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0009068 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0009068 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33642 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Fermi co-ordinates and relativistic effects in non-inertial frames | |
| dc.type | text |