Cochetkov's Speeding Bola: Yet Another Entanglement for Special Relativity
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Cochetkov\'s Speeding Bola: Yet Another Entanglement for Special Relativity |
| Read in full | Link to paper |
| Author(s) | Michael H Brill |
| Keywords | special relativity, momentum, conservation, paradox |
| Published | 2010 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the NPA |
| Volume | 7 |
| No. of pages | 2 |
| Pages | 62-63 |
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Abstract
For a 'bola' with identical masses rotating freely in space, a Lorentz-boosted observer sees a time-varying momentum and kinetic energy, in violation of special-relativistic momentum and energy conservation laws. In the moving frame, the bola string is curved, not straight, and thrums with a period that is half the Lorentz-time-dilated period of the bola in the CM frame.