Light reception by a uniformly accelerated observer

ID: light-reception-by-a-uniformly-accelerated-observer

Let an observer start at rest at , and accelerate towards increasing with constant proper acceleration . A signal emitted simultaneously from travels along . The observer follows hyperbolic motion, and . Their intersection obeys
A finite future reception exists only for . At equality the ray lies on the limiting null horizon and never reaches the observer; for larger separation it remains outside the observer's receivable past. The proper reception time tends to as . The simultaneous emission and initial-rest conditions are essential; changing either changes the timing problem.

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