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jainabhs
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Hi
I have some very basic doubts on spacetime diagrams.
Please refer the figure attached.
Here in this spacetime figure an event E is shown as observed from K and K'.
K' moves with v with respect to K.
The axis CT is tilted angle alpha following vt, so that any event that occurs at x' = 0 in K' would occur at x = vt in K.
For frame K, to find space coordinate of the event, draw a perpendicular to x-axis.
But to find time coordinate draw a perpendicular to CT. why??
I don't get this and moreover the length of perpendicular gives x'??
Please explain
Abhishek Jain
I have some very basic doubts on spacetime diagrams.
Please refer the figure attached.
Here in this spacetime figure an event E is shown as observed from K and K'.
K' moves with v with respect to K.
The axis CT is tilted angle alpha following vt, so that any event that occurs at x' = 0 in K' would occur at x = vt in K.
For frame K, to find space coordinate of the event, draw a perpendicular to x-axis.
But to find time coordinate draw a perpendicular to CT. why??
I don't get this and moreover the length of perpendicular gives x'??
Please explain
Abhishek Jain