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Space-like and time-like invariant space-time intervals are used to analyse measurements of spatial and temporal distances. The former are found to be Lorentz invariant --there is no `relativistic length contraction', whereas the latter…

General Physics · Physics 2009-09-01 J. H. Field

It has been more than a century since first Lorentz and later Einstein explored relativistic events and still important consequences of that remains unclear to everybody. The present study extensively focus on Lorentz (Length) contraction…

General Physics · Physics 2010-01-25 Bayram Akarsu

One of the concepts of Relativity theory that challenges conventional intuition the most is time dilation and length contraction. Usual approaches for describing relativistic effects in quantum systems merely postulate the consequences of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Esteban Martínez-Vargas

We show that some primary special relativity effects, which are believed to be hardly detectable in everyday life, such as time dilation, relativistic Doppler effect, and length contraction, should tangibly and spectacularly show up here on…

General Physics · Physics 2022-04-12 Germano D'Abramo

A special case of the relativistic Doppler effect, which occurs when light reflects from a moving mirror, is discussed. The classic formula for the Doppler shift is derived in a fully non-relativistic fashion using basic facts from…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Malik Rakhmanov

We present the special theory of relativity taking the Doppler effect as the starting point, and derive several of its main effects, such as time dilation, length contraction, addition of velocities, and the mass-energy relation, and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Moriconi

The apparent times and positions of moving clocks as predicted by both `non-local' and `local' Lorentz Transformations are considered. Only local transformations respect translational invariance. Such transformations change temporal but not…

General Physics · Physics 2011-11-10 J. H. Field

For simple electromagnetic models of a rod and a clock, a change of the shape of the rod and of the rate of the clock when they are set in uniform motion is calculated exactly, employing the correct equation of motion of a charged particle…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-07-01 D. V. Redzic

We show that a derivation of the Lorentz-Einstein transformation based on length contraction or on time dilation is faster then "World's fastest derivation of the Lorentz transformation"

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-02 Bernhard Rothenstein

Admitting the validity of Lorentz transformations for the space as time coordinates of the same event we derive their differential form in order to underline the correct prerequisites for the application of time and length contraction or…

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-02 Stefan Popescu , Bernhard Rothenstein

Authors derive the Lorentz-Einstein transformation for the space-time coordinates starting with a one-space dimension approach. They add to the results the invariance of the space coordinates measured perpendicular to the direction of…

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-04 Bernhard Rothenstein

We show that starting with the addition law of parallel speeds derived as a consequence of the invariance of the speed of light, the Lorentz transformations for the space-time coordinates can be derived.

General Physics · Physics 2007-09-17 Bernhard Rothenstein

Physical time intervals are attributes of single physical object whereas physical space intervals are a relational attribute of two physical objects. Some consequences of the breaking of the space-time exchange symmetry inherent in the…

General Physics · Physics 2008-09-25 J. H. Field

Translational invariance requires that physical predictions are independent of the choice of spatial coordinate system used. The time dilatation effect of special relativity is shown to manifestly respect this invariance. Consideration of…

General Physics · Physics 2014-07-30 J. H. Field

We consider a scenario that involves a machine gun, the bullets it fires and a moving target, considered from the rest frame of the machine gun and from the rest frame of the target respectively. Involving the special relativity via its two…

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-02 Bernhard Rothenstein , Stefan Popescu

The Lorentz Transformation is derived from only three simple postulates: (i) a weak kinematical form of the Special Relativity Principle that requires the equivalence of reciprocal space-time measurements by two different inertial…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 J. H. Field

I tell about different mathematical tool that is important in general relativity. The text of the book includes definition of geometrical object, concept of reference frame, geometry of metric-affinne manifold. Using this concept I learn…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-11-19 Aleks Kleyn

An interpretation of the inertial mass increase due to an object's velocity which is derived from the theory of special relativity is discussed. A Lorentz transformation of the reference time causes the inertial mass increase. It is assumed…

General Physics · Physics 2008-03-12 Masanori Sato

The equation of the Doppler shift of two bodies in inertial motion in a reference frame at rest (i.e., stationary reference frame) is derived. In this derivation, the wave-particle duality of photons in the theory of special relativity is…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Masanori Sato

We show that when the observers are located in a plane electromagnetic wave it is not compulsory for them to take into account the time dilation and length contraction effects when the wave is detected from two inertial reference frames in…

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-02 Bernhard Rothenstein , Stefan Popescu