C Chicone and B Mashhoon 2004 Class. Quantum Grav. 21 L139 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/24/L01
Significance of c /
in relativistic physics
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C Chicone1 and B Mashhoon2
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In the description of relative motion in accelerated systems and gravitational fields, inertial and tidal accelerations must be taken into account, respectively. These involve a critical speed that in the first approximation can be simply illustrated in the case of motion in one dimension. For one-dimensional motion, such first-order accelerations are multiplied by (1 − V2/V2c), where 
is the critical speed. If the speed of relative motion exceeds Vc, there is a sign reversal with consequences that are contrary to Newtonian expectations.
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83D05 Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories
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Issue 24 (21 December 2004)
Received 30 June 2004, in final form 22 October 2004
Published 22 November 2004
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Significance of c / in relativistic physics
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