FLEXIBLE STRING IN SPECIAL RELATIVITY

Authors

BR Holstein, University of Massachusetts AmherstFollow
AR SWIFT

Publication Date

1982

Journal or Book Title

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Abstract

The relativistic transformation laws for force imply that a moving string, no matter how flexible, may exert a force perpendicular to its length.

Comments

The published version is located at http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v50/i10/p887_s1

Pages

887-889

Volume

50

Issue

10

Recommended Citation

Holstein, BR and SWIFT, AR, "FLEXIBLE STRING IN SPECIAL RELATIVITY" (1982). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 434.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/434