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