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Uniformly accelerated reference frames in special relativity

Edward A. Desloge, R. J. Philpott

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A uniformly accelerated reference frame S is defined as a set of observers who remain at rest with respect to a given observer A who is accelerating at a constant rate with respect to the instantaneously comoving inertial frames. The one-dimensional uniformly accelerated reference frame S is considered. The world lines of A and the other observers making up S are determined. Coordinates useful for describing events in S are carefully defined and the transformation equations between different sets of them are derived. The variation with position in S of the speed and frequency of light waves is determined. The motion of a free-particle in S is determined. Various phenomena in S, ordinarily associated with general relativity, are considered, in particular the asymmetric aging of twins at rest at different positions and the existence of horizons.

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A uniformly accelerated reference frame S is defined as a set of observers who remain at rest with respect to a given observer A who is accelerating at a constant rate with respect to the instantaneously comoving inertial frames. The one-dimensional uniformly accelerated reference frame S is considered. The world lines of A and the other observers making up S are determined. Coordinates useful for describing events in S are carefully defined and the transformation equations between different sets of them are derived. The variation with position in S of the speed and frequency of light waves is determined. The motion of a free-particle in S is determined. Various phenomena in S, ordinarily associated with general relativity, are considered, in particular the asymmetric aging of twins at rest at different positions and the existence of horizons.

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A uniformly accelerated reference frame S is defined as a set of observers who remain at rest with respect to a given observer A who is accelerating at a constant rate with respect to the instantaneously comoving inertial frames. The one-dimensional uniformly accelerated reference frame S is considered. The world lines of A and the other observers making up S are determined. Coordinates useful for describing events in S are carefully defined and the transformation equations between different sets of them are derived. The variation with position in S of the speed and frequency of light waves is determined. The motion of a free-particle in S is determined. Various phenomena in S, ordinarily associated with general relativity, are considered, in particular the asymmetric aging of twins at rest at different positions and the existence of horizons.

Key concepts: Physics, Inertial frame of reference, Reference frame, Observer (physics), Twin paradox, Frame of reference, Classical mechanics, Theory of relativity

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