On spacetime coordinates in special relativity

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dc.creatorPenha, Nilton
dc.creatorRothenstein, Bernhard
dc.date2007-05-07
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dc.descriptionStarting with two light clocks to derive time dilation expression, as many textbooks do, and then adding a third one, we work on relativistic spacetime coordinates relations for some simple events as emission, reflection and return of light pulses. Besides time dilation, we get, in the following order, Doppler k-factor, addition of velocities, length contraction, Lorentz Transformations and spacetime interval invariance. We also use Minkowski spacetime diagram to show how to interpret some few events in terms of spacetime coordinates in three different inertial frames.
dc.description11 pages, 4 figures, May/07/2007
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0705.0941
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0705.0941
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/128506
dc.subjectGeneral Physics
dc.titleOn spacetime coordinates in special relativity
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