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In Example 2.5, we noted that Anna could go wherever she wished in as little time as desired by going fast enough to length-contract the distance to an arbitrarily small value. This overlooks a physiological limitation. Accelerations greater than about 30gare fatal, and there are serious concerns about the effects of prolonged accelerations greater than 1g. Here we see how far a person could go under a constant acceleration of 1g, producing a comfortable artificial gravity.

(a) Though traveller Anna accelerates, Bob, being on near-inertial Earth, is a reliable observer and will see less time go by on Anna's clock (dt')than on his own (dt).Thus, dt'=(1/)dt, where u is Anna's instantaneous speed relative to Bob. Using the result of Exercise 117(c),with g replacing F/m, substitute for u,then integrate to show that

t=cgsinhgt'c

(b) How much time goes by for observers on Earth as they 鈥渟ee鈥 Anna age 20 years?

(c) Using the result of Exercise 119, show that when Anna has aged a time 迟鈥, she is a distance from Earth (according to Earth observers) of

x=c2g(coshgt'c-1)

(d) If Anna accelerates away from Earth while aging 20 years and then slows to a stop while aging another 20. How far away from Earth will she end up and how much time will have passed on Earth?

Short Answer

Expert verified
  1. The expression for the time in Bob鈥檚 frame in terms of Anna鈥檚 frame is determined by integrating the equation for dt'.
  2. 430 million years would go by as observers on earth as they see Anna age 20 years.
  1. The expression for relativistic position of Anna is derived from inserting the relativistic time equation in general relativistic position equation.
  1. And during Anna鈥檚 journey, the observers on Earth would have aged 8.4108yrsand Anna would have covered a distance of 8.4108ly.

Step by step solution

01

Determine the expression for dt' and then integrate

Anna is accelerating at with respect to Bob who is stationary on earth. The time on Anna鈥檚 clockdt'as observed by Bob with respect to his clock will be given by

dt'=1-u2/c2dt

The relativistic velocity is given by the following.

u=11+Ftmc2Ftm=gt1+gtc2

Putting the expression for uin dt',

dt'=1-(gt)2c21+(gt/c)2dt=1-(gt/)21+(gt/)2dt=11+(gt/)2dt

Integrating the above expression,

t'=dt1+(gt/c)2=arcsinhgtcg/c+C=cgarcsinhgct+C

As the clocks of Anna and Bob were synchronized at t=0, the integration constant C=0. Therefore,

t'=cgarcsinhgtcort=cgsinhgct'

02

Use the above expression to determine the time for which the observers on earth would have aged

Suppose Anna was traveling at a constant velocity comparable to the speed of light, the time required for Anna to cover some distance with respect to Bob鈥檚 frame isas follows.

dt'=dt

In this situation, Anna is accelerating at gunder constant force with respect to stationary Bob. The expression for time passed on Earth鈥檚 in terms of time passed on Anna鈥檚 frame as derived in the previous part is as follows.

t=cgsinhgct'=3108m/s9.8m/s2sinh9.8m/s2203.154107s3108m/s=0.306108sinh(20.61)=1.361016s

Hence,the time in years would be

t=4.3108yrs

So, 430 million years would go by as observers on earth as they see Anna age 20 years. For Anna鈥檚 clock to run so slowly, the velocity must have been very close to the speed of light. As you might recall from Exercise 118, it takes 6.8 years with respect to an observer on Earth for Anna to reach the velocity of 0.99c from stationary.

03

Derive the expression for the relativistic position of Anna

In Exercise 119, we derived an expression for the relativistic position of an object under constant force accelerating at gis given below.

x=mc2F1+Ftmc2-1

Replacing F/mwith and using the expression of in tterms of t'which we derived in the previous part, i.e., t=cgsinhgt'c,we get,

x=c2g1+gccgsinhgt'c2-1x=c2g1+sinh2gt2c-1

Using the identity of Hyperbolic functions, that is, cosh2x-sinh2x=1, yields as

x=c2gcoshgtc-1
04

Determine the position of Anna when she has aged 20 yrs

Le迟鈥檚 consider the first half of the question and determine the distance traveled by Anna as she ages 20 yearsasmeasured by Bob.

x=c2gcoshgt'c-1=3108m/s29.8m/s2cosh9.8m/s2203.154107s3108m/s-1=0.9181016(cosh(20.61)-1)=4.11024m

Hence, the distance in light-years is

x=4.1108ly

This value is the same as the value in part(b) because Bob sees Anna traveling at almost the speed of light. From Anna鈥檚 frame, it takes Anna 20 years to stop. Bob will see Anna move the same distance as before. Therefore, Bob will see Anna travel a total distance of 8.4108ly. As a result, we can say that during Anna鈥檚 journey the observers on Earth would have aged8.4108yrs.

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