An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The coordinates that describe the → Minkowski space-time in a → hyperbolic version of → polar coordinates. If the coordinates in an → inertial frame is denoted by (t,x), the Rindler coordinates (η,ξ) are defined by:

t = (1/α) e^αξ sinh (αη) and

x = (1/α) e^αξ cosh (αη), where α is some positive constant.

See also: Named after Wolfgang Rindler (1924-), Austrian physicist;
→ coordinates.