Cosmological Special Theory of Relativity

With the consideration of the light which carries the photon particles, the Lorentz transformation was constructed with an impressive mathematical approach. But the generalization of that equation for all the velocities of the universe is direct enforcement on other things not to travel faster than light. It has created serious issues in every scientific research that was done in the last century based on the special theory of relativity. This paper replaces the velocity of light with some other velocities and shows us the possible consequences and highlights the issues of special relativity. If I travel through my past or future and was able to see another me there, who would be the real Hamdoon I or the one I see there in the past or future! If the real one is only me, the one I saw, is not me, so, I could not travel through my or someone else's past or future. Therefore, no one can travel through time. If both of us are the same, can the key of personal identity be duplicated or be separated into two or more parts? These are some of the fundamental philosophical arguments that annihilate the concept of time travel which is one of the sequels of special relativity.

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On the Support that the Special and General Theories of Relativity Provide for Rock’s Argument Concerning Induced Self-Motion and Vice Versa

10.31234/osf.io/mhqwk ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Douglas Michael Snyder

Keyword(s):

Reference Frame ◽

Empirical Work ◽

Special Theory ◽

The Other ◽

Relativity Theory ◽

Inertial Reference Frame ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Special Theory Of Relativity ◽

Other Hand ◽

Self Motion

Though Einstein and other physicists recognized the importance of an observer being at rest in an inertial reference frame for the special theory of relativity, the supporting psychological structures were not discussed much by physicists. On the other hand, Rock wrote of the factors involved in the perception of motion, including one’s own motion. Rock thus came to discuss issues of significance to relativity theory, apparently without any significant understanding of how his theory might be related to relativity theory. In this paper, connections between Rock’s theory on the perception of one’s own motion, as well as empirical work supporting it, and relativity theory are explored. Paper available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9908025v1 .

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Special Relativity sans Lorentz Transformation (OR) Perceptional Relativity

10.21203/rs.3.rs-538885/v2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sebastin Patrick Asokan

Keyword(s):

Special Relativity ◽

Lorentz Transformation ◽

Special Theory ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Special Theory Of Relativity ◽

Speed Of Light ◽

Inertial Frames ◽

Impossible Task

Abstract This paper shows that from the fact that the same Reality is perceived differently by the observers in different inertial frames, we can draw a simple and straightforward explanation for the constancy of light's speed in all inertial frames without any need for bringing in paradoxical Lorentz Transformation. This paper also proves that Lorentz Transformation has failed in its attempt to do the impossible task of establishing t' ≠ t to explain the constancy of the speed of light in all inertial frames without contradicting the interchangeability of frames demanded by the First Postulate of the Special Theory of Relativity. This paper also points out the misconceptions regarding the claimed experimental verifications of Lorentz Transformation's predictions in the Hafele–Keating experiment and μ meson experiment. This paper concludes that Einstein's Special Theory Relativity can stand on its own merits without Lorentz Transformation.

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The Lorentz transformations by way of the wave equations

Intellectual Archive ◽

10.32370/ia_2020_12_2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Miroslav Pardy

Keyword(s):

Wave Equation ◽

Wave Equations ◽

Special Theory ◽

Physiological Process ◽

Lorentz Transformations ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Special Theory Of Relativity ◽

Mathematical Procedure

We prove here, by the rigorous mathematical procedure, that so-called Lorentzian time in the special theory of relativity is defined by the wave equation, where the wave of time is the form of matter and not the Bergson physiological process in S and S′.

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Early work and the Theory of Electrons

A Living Work of Art ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198870500.003.0005 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 54-75

Author(s):

A. J. Kox ◽

H. F. Schatz

Keyword(s):

Research Program ◽

World View ◽

Zeeman Effect ◽

Special Theory ◽

Electromagnetic Theory ◽

Relativity Theory ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

General Audience ◽

Special Relativity Theory

Chapter 4 contains an overview of Lorentz’s early work in terms accessible to a general audience. It sheds light on his unique place in science and the importance of his ideas, especially in the field of electromagnetic theory (his theory of electrons). A description of physics in the early nineteenth century, highlighting the role of Faraday and Maxwell, is followed by a discussion of Lorentz’s dissertation and his research program, the explanation of the Zeeman effect and the introduction of the electron, as well as the role of the ether. In this context the famous experiment by Michelson and Morley is also discussed, as well as the electromagnetic world view, Einstein’s special theory of relativity, and the question of which theory was to be preferred: Lorentz’s electron theory or Einstein’s special relativity theory?

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Inertia and inertial resistance in the Special Theory of Relativity

Canadian Journal of Physics ◽

10.1139/cjp-2021-0087 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Peter J. Riggs

Keyword(s):

Special Relativity ◽

Minkowski Spacetime ◽

Special Theory ◽

Classical Dynamics ◽

Relativistic Motion ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Special Theory Of Relativity ◽

Particle Inertia ◽

Spacetime Structure

A broader concept of “resistance to acceleration” than used in classical dynamics, called “inertial resistance”, is quantified for both inertial and non-inertial relativistic motion. Special Relativity shows that inertial resistance is more than particle inertia and originates from Minkowski spacetime structure. Current mainstream explanations of inertia do not take inertial resistance into account and are, therefore, incomplete.

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Design, analysis and reformulation of a didactic sequence for teaching the special theory of relativity in high school

Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física ◽

10.1590/s1806-11173731891 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 3401-1-3401-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

María Rita Otero ◽

Marcelo Arlego ◽

Fabiana Prodanoff

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Special Relativity ◽

Special Theory ◽

Careful Analysis ◽

Point Of View ◽

Relativity Theory ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Galilean Relativity ◽

Firm Basis ◽

The Subject

In this work, we design, implement and analyze a didactic sequence for the teaching of the basic topics of special relativity theory in high school. The sequence proposes a series of situations, specially designed to allow the emergence of the central aspects of special relativity. The conceptualization process is investigated from the point of view of the theory of conceptual fields of Vergnaud. By means of a careful analysis of classroom student productions we detect the key theorems-in-action they use, evidencing that most of conceptual errors are of pre-relativistic nature. This leads us to a reformulation of the sequence, which promotes the conceptualization of Galilean relativity and the principles of the special relativity. This previous step aims at bringing to students a firm basis to address the more complex aspects of the subject.

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Time in the Special Theory of Relativity

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199298204.003.0019 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Steven Savitt

Keyword(s):

Special Relativity ◽

Reference Frame ◽

Inertial Frame ◽

Special Theory ◽

Inertial Reference Frame ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Special Theory Of Relativity ◽

Crucial Element ◽

Most Significant Change ◽

Conventionality Of Simultaneity

Restricted to special relativity, this chapter observes that the most significant change in the concept of time is certainly the relativity of simultaneity. What events are simultaneous with some event for one observer are different from those that are simultaneous with respect to an object traveling in a different inertial frame. Many believe that this relativity can play a role in an argument for eternalism. This chapter critically surveys these arguments before taking on the implications of relativity for the metaphysics of time. It also tackles the conventionality of simultaneity. Many philosophers of science, especially during the early days of relativity, felt that simultaneity is not only relative but also conventional—there is a crucial element of choice in deciding what events are simultaneous for any other in a given inertial reference frame, so that there is no fact of the matter about what is simultaneous.

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Re-interpretation of the Two-World Background of Special Relativity as Four-World Background

Physical Science International Journal ◽

10.9734/psij/2020/v24i1230229 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 10-38

Author(s):

O. Akindele Adekugbe Joseph

Keyword(s):

Special Relativity ◽

Special Theory ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Special Theory Of Relativity ◽

Many Worlds ◽

Natural Laws

The appropriate placements of the four-dimensional spacetimes of different universes make their coexistence possible, such that corresponding points in spacetimes within the universes are not separated in space or time. The corresponding points do not touch, because they are points in separate spacetimes. The different universes are described heuristically as existing in separate spacetime ‘compartments’. This new conception of many worlds (or universes) is therefore entitled compartment worlds (or universes) in this article. Compartment universes is a potential platform for many-world interpretations and uniform formulation of the natural laws. The two-world background of the special theory of relativity (SR) (involving two compartment universes), demonstrated elsewhere, is re-interpreted as four-world background (involving four compartment universes) in this article.

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Special Relativity sans Lorentz Transformation (OR) Perceptional Relativity

10.21203/rs.3.rs-538885/v3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

SEBASTIN PATRICK ASOKAN

Keyword(s):

Special Relativity ◽

Lorentz Transformation ◽

Fast Moving ◽

Inertial Frame ◽

Special Theory ◽

Theory Of Relativity ◽

Special Theory Of Relativity ◽

Speed Of Light ◽

Slowing Down ◽

Inertial Frames

Abstract This paper shows that from the fact that the same Reality is perceived differently by the observers in different inertial frames, we can draw a simple and straightforward explanation for the constancy of light's speed in all inertial frames without any need for bringing in paradoxical Lorentz Transformation. This paper shows that the premise that each inertial frame has its unique time, which Lorentz Transformation introduced to explain the constancy of the speed of light in all inertial frames is incompatible with the interchangeability of the frames, an essential requisite of the First Postulate of the Special Theory of Relativity. This paper also points out the misconceptions regarding the claimed experimental verifications of Lorentz Transformation's predictions in the Hafele–Keating experiment and μ meson experiment. This paper hints at the possibility of attributing the observed slowing down of fast-moving clocks to the Relativistic Variation of Mass with Velocity instead of Time Dilation. This paper concludes that Einstein's Special Theory Relativity can stand on its own merits without Lorentz Transformation.

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