On the relativistic theory of rocket flight
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the relativistic theory of rocket flight
zbMATH Open document ID: 0631.70003
DOI: 10.1016/0021-8928(86)90076-6
author: L. I. Sedov
published in: Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: It is shown by macroscopic analysis that, when the entire mass of a rocket is consumed for creating thrust, objects may be obtained as a result having energy but zero mass, moving with the velocity of light. It is shown that the boost process of such massless objects can be realized in finite time from the observer's point of view. The vast stellar luminosity of quasars and certain jet motions observed in remote space can be explained by the production of massless radiation with internal motions connected with the separation of large energies inside the stars.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70E15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70H40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76N10
zbMATH DE Number: 4026868
zbMATH Keywords: relativistic theory of rocket flight
zbMATH Keywords: macroscopic analysis
zbMATH Keywords: internal motions
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: 0021-8928(86)90076-6
OpenAlex ID: W2019400873
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4026868