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Proper time measurement by the light-mirror clock with an optical path parallel to moving mirrors agrees with the path normal to moving mirrors if the body is subject to Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction. The reality of the Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction is discussed: if time dilation is a ‘real’ effect, then so must be the Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction. The time dilation effect is naturally accumulated by a body proper light-mirror clock; a Lorentz-FitzGerald body contraction clock can also be constructed. We return to this in Chap. 10.
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Rafelski, J. (2017). The Lorentz-FitzGerald Body Contraction. In: Relativity Matters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51231-0_5
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