
%0 Journal Article
%A Tilbrook, David 
%T General Coordinatisations of the Flat Space&#8212;Time of Constant Proper-acceleration
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1997/10/06
%V 50
%N 5
%P 851-868
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/P96111
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/P96111 
%X We examine space-times which are described by a metric of the form ds2 = V2(X)dT2 - U2 (X)dX2 - dY2 - dZ2 in which V =V (X) and U = U(X) are continuous functions of X only and which admit diffeomorphisms into Minkowski space-time. It is shown that such space-times are associated with rigidly accelerating frames of reference by appeal to the notion of a fundamental observer. The condition for the existence of the diffeomorphism is derived from first principles and some special cases of coordinates are discussed. 
