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Starting with two light clocks to derive time dilation expression, as many textbooks do, and then adding a third one, we work on relativistic spacetime coordinates relations for some simple events as emission, reflection and return of light…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nilton Penha , Bernhard Rothenstein

We study the interplay of non-locality and Lorentz invariance in a version of deformed or doubly special relativity (DSR) based on kappa-Minkowski spacetime. We find that Einstein's procedure for an inertial observer to assign coordinates…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-08-11 Lee Smolin

We present a geometric proof of the invariance of the relativistic spacetime interval based solely on the constancy of the speed of light, and the homogeneity and isotropy of spacetime. The derivation is based on a simple construction…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Marco Moriconi

In this paper, it is shown why Lorentz Transformation implies the general case where observed events are not necessarily in the inertia frame of any observer but assumes a special scenario when determining the length contraction and time…

General Physics · Physics 2012-09-24 Ibrahim M. Alabdulmohsin

The shortening of bodies in the direction of motion, Lorentz contraction, follows from the solution of Maxwell's equations. Moving light clocks will tick slower than those at rest because the speed of light does not depend on a source of…

General Physics · Physics 2008-09-24 Valery P. Dmitriyev

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

There are various types of global and local spacetime invariant in general relativity. Here I focus on the local invariants obtainable from the curvature tensor and its derivatives. The number of such invariants at each order of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-28 Malcolm A. H. MacCallum

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

The starting point of the theory of Special Relativity$^1$ is the Lorentz transformation, which in essence describes the lack of absolute measurements of space and time. These effects came about when one applies the Second Relativity…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lieu , Richard

Some studies interpret quantum measurement as being explicitly non local. Others assume the preferred frame hypothesis. Unfortunately, these two classes of studies conflict with Minkowski space-time geometry. On the contrary, in Aristotle…

General Physics · Physics 2008-05-19 B. Chaverondier

We show that the Lorentz transformations for the space-time coordinates of the same event are a direct consequence of the principle of relativity and of Einstein's distant clocks synchronization procedure. In our approach, imposing the…

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

A clock synchronization thought experiment is modeled by a diffeomorphism invariant "time delay" observable. In a sense, this observable probes the causal structure of the ambient Lorentzian spacetime. Thus, upon quantization, it is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-02-04 Béatrice Bonga , Igor Khavkine

The Lorentz transformation describes differential simultaneity, which reflects the offsetting of time with distance between reference frames. Differential simultaneity is essential for Lorentz invariance. Here, the current experimental…

General Physics · Physics 2025-01-15 Edward T. Kipreos

We present a derivation of the relativistic length-contraction formula based on Lorentz space-time transformations on non-simultaneous events. Our derivation avoids the disputable story about the stationary observer and its simultaneous…

Classical Physics · Physics 2012-04-23 Aleksandar Gjurchinovski

The difference between Lorentz invariance and Lorentz covariance is discussed in detail. A covariant formalism is developed for the internal space-time symmetry of extended particles, especially in connection with the insightful…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. S. Kim

Using a \emph{gedanken} experiment providing presumably a minimal inaccuracy the uncertainty contributions to the space-time measurement are precisely evaluated for clock and mirror respectively. The resulting expression of minimal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Maziashvili

The starting point of this work is the axiomatic existence of a smallest measurable interval, viz. the Planck time $t_P$, set by quantum fluctuations in the vacuum metric tensor. By the Relativity Principle, the same limit must then apply…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Richard Lieu

Sound propagation within certain non-relativistic condensed matter models obeys a relativistic wave equation despite such systems admitting entirely non-relativistic descriptions. A natural question that arises upon consideration of this…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-10-18 Scott L. Todd , Nicolas C. Menicucci

Clock-comparison experiments conducted in space can provide access to many unmeasured coefficients for Lorentz and CPT violation. The orbital configuration of a satellite platform and the relatively large velocities attainable in a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Robert Bluhm , Alan Kostelecky , Charles Lane , Neil Russell

This work presents an experimental test of Lorentz invariance violation in the infrared (IR) regime by means of an invariant minimum speed in the spacetime and its effects on the time when an atomic clock given by a certain radioactive…

General Physics · Physics 2018-07-25 Cláudio Nassif , A. C. Amaro de Faria , Rodrigo Francisco dos Santos