"Relativistic" particle dynamics without relativity
History and Philosophy of Physics
2018-11-28 v1
Abstract
It is shown that the correct expressions for momentum and kinetic energy of a particle moving at high speed were already implicit in physics going back to Maxwell. The demonstration begins with a thought experiment of Einstein by which he derived the inertial equivalence of energy, independently of the relativity postulates. A simple modification of the same experiment does the rest.
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@article{arxiv.1512.01439,
title = {"Relativistic" particle dynamics without relativity},
author = {Allan Walstad},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.01439},
year = {2018}
}
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5 pages, 1 figure