Uniformly accelerating reference frames and the equivalence principle

	Uniformly accelerating reference frames and the equivalence principle
	Huang CG(黄超光); Huang, CG
刊名	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D
	2008
卷号	17 期号:7 页码:1071-1085
关键词	accelerating reference frame uniform acceleration equivalence principle
通讯作者	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
英文摘要	In addition to the well-known Moller frame (or Rindler frame), we may construct another frame to describe the uniformly accelerating system. In the new frame, all "static" (i.e. spatial coordinates keeping constant) observers have the same proper acceleration but each has his own horizon. In contrast, the proper acceleration of a static observer in the Moller frame (or Rindler frame) depends on his position, but the horizon is (static-) observer-independent. We argue that the new uniformly accelerating reference frame is more suitable than the Moller frame to describe the system in an accelerating spacecraft. It is possible to distinguish the Moller frame and the new frame by high-precision experiments (such as arrival-time-and/ or redshift-measurements) in an accelerating spacecraft. When the non-relativistic limit is taken, the second law of mechanics and Schrodinger equation in the new uniformly accelerating frame are all different from those in the Moller frame. The effects on the equivalence principle are discussed. We argue that even when the space -time curvature is ignored, it is still possible in some sense to distinguish gravity from acceleration at the next leading order.
学科主题	Astronomy & Astrophysics
类目[WOS]	Astronomy & Astrophysics
研究领域[WOS]	Astronomy & Astrophysics
原文出处	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000258314200011
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ihep.ac.cn/handle/311005/238995]
专题	高能物理研究所_理论物理室
作者单位	中国科学院高能物理研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang CG,Huang, CG. Uniformly accelerating reference frames and the equivalence principle[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D,2008,17(7):1071-1085.
APA	黄超光,&Huang, CG.(2008).Uniformly accelerating reference frames and the equivalence principle.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D,17(7),1071-1085.
MLA	黄超光,et al."Uniformly accelerating reference frames and the equivalence principle".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D 17.7(2008):1071-1085.