Open AccessLength Contraction with Speed Explained as a Relativistic Doppler Effect
Author(s) -
Constantin Sandu,
Dan BRASOVEANU
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of advances in physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2347-3487
DOI - 10.24297/jap.v13i3.6125
Subject(s) - length contraction , contraction (grammar) , doppler effect , physics , observer (physics) , mechanics , optics , classical mechanics , theory of relativity , quantum mechanics , medicine
In this paper the authors show that the ‘mechanism’ of length contraction is simple and can be explained by the wave feature of body micro-components.From this point of view, the length contraction with speed perceived by a fixed observer is a Doppler relativistic effect.