Published February 2018 | Version v1
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Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction

Creators

  • 1. University of Arizona, Department of Physics, Tucson, AZ (United States)

Description

A complete foundational discussion of acceleration in the context of Special Relativity (SR) is presented. Acceleration allows the measurement of a Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction created. It is argued that in the back scattering of a probing laser beam from a relativistic flying electron cloud mirror generated by an ultra-intense laser pulse, a first measurement of a Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction is feasible. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12370-4

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1140/epja/i2018-12370-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. A
Journal Volume
54
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 1-5
ISSN
1434-6001

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
49054455
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; ELECTRONS; LASER RADIATION; PHOTON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SPECIAL RELATIVITY THEORY
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHOTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; PULSES; RADIATIONS; RELATIVITY THEORY; SCATTERING