Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator

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Autor(a) principal: Feoli,Antonio
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172020000100493
Resumo: Abstract The equivalence principle was explained by Einstein using the didactic “mental experiment” of a uniform gravitational field inside an elevator. The Earth gravitational field is not really uniform so the question about how to create a uniform gravitational field is legitimate. To this aim, instead of using metrics depending on spatial coordinates, we have studied a cosmological - like metric and we have found that, under suitable assumptions, it is possible to measure a uniformly accelerated motion for the test particles moving inside the elevator.
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title Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator
spellingShingle Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator
Feoli,Antonio
General Relativity
Equivalence principle
title_short Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator
title_full Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator
title_fullStr Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator
title_full_unstemmed Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator
title_sort Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator
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Equivalence principle
topic General Relativity
Equivalence principle
description Abstract The equivalence principle was explained by Einstein using the didactic “mental experiment” of a uniform gravitational field inside an elevator. The Earth gravitational field is not really uniform so the question about how to create a uniform gravitational field is legitimate. To this aim, instead of using metrics depending on spatial coordinates, we have studied a cosmological - like metric and we have found that, under suitable assumptions, it is possible to measure a uniformly accelerated motion for the test particles moving inside the elevator.
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