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Difference between proper and comoving frames
I'm reading this book "Introduction to Quantum Fields in Classical Backgrounds" by Mukhanov & Winitzki, and there in the chapter 8 "The Unruh Effect" they introduce 3 reference frames.
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Motions in Non-inertial reference frames? Reference -request
The course 0.2061 in Aalto University covers motion in non-inertial-reference frame but without examples and without references (examples are outlined only in lectures but I find them very hard to ...
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Questions from elevator ride
I like to play inside the lift (elevator). For instance, there are bars attached at the side of the lift, and I like to hold my body up using my two hands on the bar. I realised that I actually feel ...
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Accelerating elevator?
If your in an elevator accelerating downwards faster than gravity, would you be pushed up to the ceiling? Since gravity cannot match the acceleration of the elevator, you're wouldn't be able to move ...
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Thought experiment about acceleration
Case 1: two people wake up in spaceships accelerating at 1g. They can measure or observe anything inside the room but not outside. They couldn't determine if they were on a spaceship or on earth. ...
