Published April 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

On the possibility of a new relativistic contraction law

Description

How does a 'standing' light wave that is perpendicular to the direction of motion of a receding observer, look to the observer? Both the relativistic Doppler effect and the relativistic conservation of lateral distances, implicit in the Lorentz transformation, are valid. Nevertheless, the size of all objects in the receding frame can be shown to be changed. To keep the observed light consistent with the observed nodal separation, a scale transformation is required. The factor is the same as governs the frequency change. The proposed result is consistent with a recent size-change result obtained in a gravitational setting

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/S0960-0779(03)00358-8;
arXiv
arXiv:nucl-th/9505003v1;
PII
S0960077903003588;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chaos, Solitons and Fractals
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 205-208
ISSN
0960-0779

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35051292
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CONSERVATION LAWS; DOPPLER EFFECT; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; STANDING WAVES
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY RANGE; TRANSFORMATIONS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.