RELATIVISTIC ELASTICA

DERELI T., HARTLEY D., ONDER M., TUCKER R.

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.252, no.4, pp.601-604, 1990 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 252 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1990
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/0370-2693(90)90491-n
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.601-604
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We give a complete description of timelike relativistic elastica, non-geodesic spacetime curves that solve the Euler-Lagrange equations for a lagrangian that depends on the square of the acceleration of the curve as well as its lorentzian length. lorentzian length.