2003/01/15 by Angelo Tartaglia, Matteo Luca Ruggiero
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc
published as Eur.J.Phys. 24 (2003) 215 · 7 pages, LaTeX, to be published in European Journal of Physics
arxiv created 2003/01/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
The paper discusses the problem of the Lorentz contraction in accelerated systems, in the context of the special theory of relativity. Equal proper accelerations along different world lines are considered, showing the differences arising when the world lines correspond to physically connected or disconnected objects. In all cases the special theory of relativity proves to be completely self-consistent