Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction

Johann Rafelski

doi:10.1140/epja/i2018-12370-4

Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction

Johann Rafelski

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	29
Journal	European Physical Journal A
Volume	54
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12370-4
State	Published - Feb 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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