Title: Graphical aids for visualising the space-time coordinates of events created by light signals emitted by moving sources

Authors: Doru Paunescu, Bernhard Rothenstein

Addresses: Department of Mathematics, Department of Physics, University 'Politehnica' of Timisoara, Regina Maria Square, 300004 Timisoara, Romania. ' Department of Mathematics, Department of Physics, University 'Politehnica' of Timisoara, Regina Maria Square, 300004 Timisoara, Romania

Abstract: Relativistic space-time diagrams are presented, displaying in true values the space-time coordinates of events created by light signals emitted by moving sources, as detected from inertial reference frames in relative motion. The diagrams are used in order to solve the problem of the rays and mirrors in the Michelson-Morley experiment.

Keywords: space-time coordinates; Lorentz–Einstein transformations; Michelson|s mirrors; space-time diagrams; visualisation; light signals; moving sources.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSPM.2006.009017

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 2006 Vol.2 No.1/2, pp.92 - 97

Published online: 12 Feb 2006 *

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