Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald Body Contraction
arXiv:1708.05670 · doi:10.1140/epja/i2018-12370-4
Abstract
A complete foundational discussion of acceleration in context of Special Relativity is presented. Acceleration allows the measurement of a Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction created. It is argued that in the back scattering of a probing laser beam from a relativistic flying electron cloud mirror generated by an ultra-intense laser pulse, a first measurement of a Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction is feasible.
arXiv comment4 pages Letter, submitted to EPJA, dedicated to memory of Walter Greiner