An analytical treatment of the clock paradox in the framework of the special and general theories of relativity

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Iorio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerated motion; General theory of relativity; Special theory of relativity; Twin paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 15244347899     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10702-005-2466-8     Document Type: Article

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