Timeline for What if a light clock travels perpendicular to mirrors that make up the clock?
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| Nov 12, 2015 at 1:05 | vote | accept | Physics Llama | ||
| Nov 12, 2015 at 1:04 | comment | added | Physics Llama | Regardless, I think that with Lorentz contraction this does end up working. Thanks. | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 0:59 | comment | added | untreated_paramediensis_karnik | @PhysicsLlama, whoops, you're right. I've edited/corrected it. | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 0:58 | history | edited | untreated_paramediensis_karnik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 12, 2015 at 0:49 | comment | added | Physics Llama | Why do you divide the vt by gamma as well? I understand that the clock should be Lorentz-contracted, but why should the distance travelled by the elevator suffer this change as well (considering that in the "moving" frame this distance is zero, and in the "at rest" frame it is simply vt). | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 0:34 | history | edited | untreated_paramediensis_karnik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 12, 2015 at 0:24 | history | answered | untreated_paramediensis_karnik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |