This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Chris Howard (talk | contribs) at 22:01, 3 December 2011 (←Created page with 'In physics, a '''world tube''' is the path of an object occupies a nonzero region of space (nonzero volume) at every moment in time, as it travels through 4-...'). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 22:01, 3 December 2011 by Chris Howard (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'In physics, a '''world tube''' is the path of an object occupies a nonzero region of space (nonzero volume) at every moment in time, as it travels through 4-...')(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In physics, a world tube is the path of an object occupies a nonzero region of space (nonzero volume) at every moment in time, as it travels through 4-dimensional spacetime. That is, as it propagates in spacetime, a world tube traces out a three-dimensional volume for every moment in time. The world tube is analogous to the one-dimensional world line in that it describes the time evolution of an object in space, with the difference that a world line it represents the path of a point particle (of nonzero volume), whereas a world tube occupies finite space at all moments in time.
The concept of world tube is particularly relevant for special relativity, where a world tube is embedded in Minkowski space.
See also
References
- Malcolm Ludvigsen: General relativity: a geometric approach, Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-521-63019-3, p. 74
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