On the Bell's spaceships paradox and proper length for accelerated bodies
Abstract
We study the Dewan-Beran-Bell thought experiment of two spaceships connected by a thread that start accelerated motion and discuss the proper length of the thread by means of Born's definition of proper length for arbitrary motion.
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