Reflection of plane waves from a uniformly accelerating mirror

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 783-787

  Van Meter, J R ^a   Carlip, S ^a   Hartemann, F V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0035611727     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1359517     Document Type: Article

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