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A spaceship departs from the origin of the LCF Σ and moves along the $x$-axis with constant proper acceleration $a = 10 m/s^2$ until it attains the speed $v = 0.5 c$. Calculate the time the spaceship moved in Σ and in its proper frame.

Now,for constant accelerations we have $$u = c \sinh(a \tau /c)$$ So at first i thought that the answer for proper time would simply be $$\tau = 3*10^7* \text{arcsinh}(0.5) \approx 0.45 \text{yr} $$

But this is, apparently, wrong. The answer is, actually, $0.52 \text{yr}$. What exactly have i done wrong?

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  • You need tanh, not sinh. FWIW, I have a derivation near the end of this post: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/345492/123208 – PM 2Ring Jul 03 '22 at 21:52

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