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FLEXIBLE STRING IN SPECIAL RELATIVITY
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
  • BR Holstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • AR SWIFT
Publication Date
1982
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
Citation Information
BR Holstein and AR SWIFT. "FLEXIBLE STRING IN SPECIAL RELATIVITY" AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS Vol. 50 Iss. 10 (1982)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/barry_holstein/37/