Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald Body Contraction
Johann Rafelski
TL;DR
This paper discusses how acceleration enables measurement of Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction and proposes a feasible experimental method using laser scattering from a relativistic electron cloud mirror.
Contribution
It introduces a novel experimental approach to measure Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction via laser scattering from relativistic electron clouds.
Findings
Acceleration permits measurement of body contraction.
Laser scattering from relativistic electron clouds can detect contraction.
Proposes feasible experimental setup for measurement.
Abstract
A complete foundational discussion of acceleration in context of Special Relativity 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.
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