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Proper acceleration of a static Rindler observer (a=c2/∣x0​∣)

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In ds2=(αx)2dt2−dx2, a constant-x0​>0 observer has t=cτ/(αx0​). The nonzero Christoffel symbols are Γttx​=Γtxt​=1/x and Γxtt​=α2x. Its covariant acceleration components are at=0, ax=c2/x0​, with invariant magnitude c2/x0​. This is constant proper acceleration, not a covariantly constant four-vector. In inertial coordinates the worldline is the hyperbola X2−c2T2=x02​.

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