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Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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W. Christian
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The Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram model uses light-trajectories to show the effect of relative motion when observing (recording) events in special relativity. In the default…
  
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The Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper Model displays Minkowski spacetime diagrams on rotated graph paper.  The worldlines of three inertial observers carrying horizontal light clocks…
  
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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and A. Cox
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Physlet Quantum Physics Section 2: Special Relativity provides simulation-based interactive resources that illustrate the basic concepts of special relativity. The chapters in this…
General Relativity Orbits JS  [ Computer Program ]
  
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S. Tuleja, E. Taylor, W. Christian, and R. Hanson
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The General Relativity Orbits JavaScript simulation in intended to be used to accompany the text written by Edwin F. Taylor, John A. Wheeler, and Edmund Bertschinger, Exploring Black…
  
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In this work, we study, simulate and compare the constrained motion of a particle within two theoretical models: a relativistic and a Newtonian. The main objective is to get the user…
  
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The Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model explores the spatial geometry of the relativistic and the Newtonian reference frames. The left window depicts a…
  
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The Relativistic Plane-Oscillator JS Model compares the motion of a Newtonian and a relativistic plane oscillator. The comparison of the two motions shows that the path of the…
  
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The Relativistic and Newtonian World Lines JavaScript model simulates the motion of a particle in two inertial frames, and in the context of two different theories: a) the Einstein's…
  
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The Uniformly Accelerated Reference Frames JavaScrip model shows the world lines for six particles. The these point mass particles move in a Cartesian, inertial coordinate system in…
Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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W. Christian and L. Wee
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The Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram model uses light-trajectories to show the effect of relative motion when observing (recording) events in special relativity. In the default…
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