Ruler measurements give space-time-transformation-independent invariant lengths
General Physics
2013-07-31 v1
Abstract
Two thought experiments are described in which ruler measurements of spatial intervals are performed in different reference frames. They demonstrate that such intervals are frame-independent as well as independent of the nature of the space-time transformation equations. As explained in detail elsewhere, the `length contraction' effect of conventional special relativity theory is therefore spurious and unphysical.
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@article{arxiv.1307.7962,
title = {Ruler measurements give space-time-transformation-independent invariant lengths},
author = {J. H. Field},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.7962},
year = {2013}
}
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12 pages, 5 figures