Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-short-options-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2014/7/c/i/solution

At and , the mission is at the planet's position . The final coordinate time from the last segment is
The planet is at rest in these coordinates, so its proper time elapsed equals this coordinate-time difference. The astronauts' proper time is the parameter interval, . Therefore
For proper acceleration and , seconds, approximately one year. Thus and . Neglecting in the hyperbolic sine,
The clocks compare two different timelike paths between the same departure and reunion events.

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