Photon separation under a collinear Lorentz boost

ID: photon-separation-under-a-collinear-lorentz-boost

For two photons emitted simultaneously a distance apart in one frame and moving in the same positive direction, the world-line intercept transforms to . Their equal-time separation in the boosted frame is therefore the displayed constant . It is different from length contraction of the emitters, because the emission events are not simultaneous after the boost.

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