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Boblest, Sebastian; Muller, Thomas; Wunner, Gunter – European Journal of Physics, 2011
The "twin paradox" of special relativity offers the possibility of making interstellar flights within a lifetime. For very long journeys with velocities close to the speed of light, however, we have to take into account the expansion of the universe. Inspired by the work of Rindler on hyperbolic motion in curved spacetime, we study the worldline…
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