Negative Acceleration Components for a Relativistic Particle

James A. Lock

doi:10.1119/1.12431

Negative Acceleration Components for a Relativistic Particle

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Newtonian acceleration is considered in the light of special relativity theory with the result that the component of acceleration in the direction of an arbitrary applied force is always positive.(AIP)

Original language	American English
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	49
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12431
State	Published - Jul 1 1981

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Negative Acceleration Components for a Relativistic Particle

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