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If B is controlled
by the ticking of an inertially expanding clock, then these events are
These two events are marked by a square and a diamond in Figure
9. The constant
is the proper time
corresponding to
.
It follows from Eqs.(12) that the scattering
event measured by B is
These three events,
,
and
, are marked in
Figure 9 by a square, a circle, and a
diamond.
Ulrich Gerlach
2003-02-25