Terrell rotation
Terrell rotation or Terrell effect is the visual distortion that a passing object would appear to undergo, according to the special theory of relativity if it were travelling a significant fraction of the speed of light. This behaviour was described independently by both James Terrell and Roger Penrose in pieces published in 1959,[1][2] though the general phenomenon was noted already in 1924 by Austrian physicist Anton Lampa.[3]
This phenomenon was popularized by Victor Weisskopf in a Physics Today article. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
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External links
- A webpage explaining the Penrose-Terrell Effect
- An animation demonstrating the effect
- Extensive explanations and visualizations of the appearance of moving objects
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Terrell1959was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Roger Penrose (1959). "The Apparent Shape of a Relativistically Moving Sphere". Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 55 (1): 137–139. Bibcode:1959PCPS...55..137P. doi:10.1017/S0305004100033776.
- ^ a b Anton Lampa (1924). "Wie erscheint nach der Relativitätstheorie ein bewegter Stab einem ruhenden Beobachter?". Zeitschrift für Physik (in German). 27 (1): 138–148. Bibcode:1924ZPhy...27..138L. doi:10.1007/BF01328021.
- ^ Victor F. Weisskopf (1960). "The visual appearance of rapidly moving objects". Physics Today. 13 (9): 24. doi:10.1063/1.3057105.
- ^ Mary L. Boas (1961). "Apparent shape of large objects at relativistic speeds". American Journal of Physics. 29 (5): 283–286. Bibcode:1961AmJPh..29..283B. doi:10.1119/1.1937751.
- ^ Eric Sheldon (1988). "The twists and turns of the Terrell Effect". American Journal of Physics. 56 (3): 199–200. Bibcode:1988AmJPh..56..199S. doi:10.1119/1.15687.
- ^ James Terrell (1989). "The Terrell Effect". American Journal of Physics. 57 (1): 9–10. Bibcode:1989AmJPh..57....9T. doi:10.1119/1.16131.
- ^ Eric Sheldon (1989). "The Terrell Effect: Eppure si contorce!". American Journal of Physics. 57 (6): 487. Bibcode:1989AmJPh..57..487S. doi:10.1119/1.16144.
- ^ John Robert Burke and Frank J. Strode (1991). "Classroom exercises with the Terrell effect". American Journal of Physics. 59 (10): 912–915. Bibcode:1991AmJPh..59..912B. doi:10.1119/1.16670.