Spacetime contraction in the Einstein's elevator
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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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Física
2020
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172020000100493 |
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