Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – X – details of the transit scenario as seen by the rod

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – X – details of the transit scenario as seen by the rod
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In this post series we study the rod/slot “paradox”. During the last two posts we got familiar with a “transit scenario” prepared in a special reference frame Z, where the rod and the slot moved along the x– and the … Read More

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – IX – transit scenario and measurements by an observer co-moving with the rod

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – IX – transit scenario and measurements by an observer co-moving with the rod
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In the course of this series on the rod/slot paradox in Special Relativity we now start to analyze a scenario in which a rod moves through a slot. We have called such a scenario a transit scenario. I want to … Read More