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A Coaccelerated Observer

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We analyze the situation of an observer coaccelerated relative to a linearly accelerated charge, in order to find whether he can observe the radiation emitted from the accelerated charge. It is found that the seemingly special situation of the coaccelerated observer relative to any other observer, is deduced from a wrong use of the retarded coordinate system, when such a system is inadmissible. It is also found that the coaccelerated observer has no special position other than any other observer, and hence, he can observe any physical events as any other observer.

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  1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technion, Haifa, Israel

    Amos Harpaz

  2. Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa, Israel

    Noam Soker

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Harpaz, A., Soker, N. A Coaccelerated Observer. Found Phys 35, 1521–1531 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-005-6480-2

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