CHINESE JOURNAL OF PHYSICS VOL. 40, NO. 6 DECEMBER 2002




On Hyperbolic Motion and Limiting Four-Dimensional Symmetry

Andreas Ernst

Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 12,
D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

(Received June 12, 2002)

Simple spacetime transformations involving constant linear accelerations are derived on the basis of works by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler on hyperbolic motion and the principle of limiting four-dimensional symmetry by Hsu. An experimental verification of these transformations is possible via a proposed measurement of a modified transverse Doppler shift.

PACS. 04.20.-q - Classical general relativity.
PACS. 11.30.Cp - Lorentz and Poincaré invariance.
PACS. 03.30.+p - Special relativity.


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