Image: TwinParadoxProperAcceleration
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Description: Twin paradox employing a rocket following the acceleration profile: Phase 1: a=0.6, T=2; Phase 2:a=0, T=2; Phase 3-4:a=-0.6, 2T=4; Phase 5:a=0, T=2; Phase 6: a=0.6, T=2. The blue numbers indicate the coordinate time "T" in the inertial frame of the stay-at-home-twin, the red numbers the proper time of the rocket-twin,and "a" is the proper acceleration. The thin red lines represent lines of simultaneity in terms of the different momentary inertial frames of the rocket-twin.
Author: D.H
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