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Twin Paradox Program
written by
Kiril Simov and Wolfgang Christian
The Twin Paradox program displays the effect of time dilation on a moving twin as seen from a stationary twin. In the default scenario the light signals sent from the moving twin are depicted using a spacetime diagram and are shown as seen in the stationary twin's reference frame (the Home Frame). The sliders can be used to change the twin's trip distance and her trip speed relative to the stationary twin.
Twin Paradox is an Open Source Physics program written for the teaching of special relativity. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the sr_twin.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. Other special relativity programs are also available. They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Relativity. Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.
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Record Link
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/relativity/items/detail.cfm?ID=7238">Simov, Kiril, and Wolfgang Christian. "Twin Paradox Program." Version 1.0.</a>
AIP Format
K. Simov and W. Christian, Computer Program TWIN PARADOX PROGRAM, Version 1.0 (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=411).
AJP/PRST-PER
K. Simov and W. Christian, Computer Program TWIN PARADOX PROGRAM, Version 1.0 (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=411>.
APA Format
Simov, K., & Christian, W. (2008). Twin Paradox Program (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=411
Chicago Format
Simov, Kiril, and Wolfgang Christian. "Twin Paradox Program." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=411 (accessed 13 February 2025).
MLA Format
Simov, Kiril, and Wolfgang Christian. Twin Paradox Program. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2008. Java 1.5. 13 Feb. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=411>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{
Author = "Kiril Simov and Wolfgang Christian",
Title = {Twin Paradox Program},
Month = {May},
Year = {2008}
}
Refer Export Format
%A Kiril Simov %A Wolfgang Christian %T Twin Paradox Program %D May 1, 2008 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=411 %O 1.0 %O application/java
EndNote Export Format
%0 Computer Program %A Simov, Kiril %A Christian, Wolfgang %D May 1, 2008 %T Twin Paradox Program %7 1.0 %8 May 1, 2008 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=411 Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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