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Proceedings of the Physical Society, 1965 In a recent paper Furth has proposed an experiment in which he predicts that a positive result of first order in v/c will be observed, caused by the difference in local time of two observers in uniform relative motion. It is shown that, if the special theory is correct, the phenomenon predicted by Furth would not be observed.
J R Wormald
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How to test the special theory of relativity on the rotating earth
Physics Letters A, 1988 Abstract In the framework of a one-parameter test theory of special relativity, the difference between transport and Einstein synchronization on the rotating earth is calculated. For the special theory of relativity this difference vanishes. Therefore, experiments in which these synchronization procedures are compared test the special theory of ...
G. Abolghasem +2 more
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A test theory of special relativity: III. Second-order tests
General Relativity and Gravitation, 1977 Various second-order optical tests of special relativity are discussed within the framework of the test theory developed previously. Owing to the low accuracy of the Kennedy-Thorndike experiment, the Lorentz contraction is known by direct experiments only to an accuracy of a few percent. To improve this-accuracy several experiments are suggested.
Reza Mansouri, Roman U. Sexl
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Theory for a Unidirectional Interferometric Test of Special Relativity
American Journal of Physics, 1971 An early criticism of the experimental background of special relativity theory was that the Michelson-Morley experiment was bidirectional in the moving frame. This experiment did not require that the velocity of light is constant in all Galilean frames, but only that the average to-and-fro velocities are constant. These objections were removed with the
H. Weinberger, M. Mossel
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Zeitschrift f�r Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei, 1992 Modern experimental techniques based on collinear laser spectroscopy have led to greatly improved versions of the classical Ives-Stilwell experiment. The new experiments employ collinear laser beams and measure the Doppler shift as it is seen in the rest frame of a relativistic particle beam.
Martin Kretzschmar
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A test theory of special relativity: I. Simultaneity and clock synchronization
General Relativity and Gravitation, 1977 The role of convention in various definitions of clock synchronization and simultaneity is investigated. We show that two principal methods of synchronization can be considered: system internal and system external synchronization. Synchronization by the Einstein procedure and by slow clock transport turn out to be equivalent if and only if the time ...
Reza Mansouri, Roman U. Sexl
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Foundations of Physics, 1986 The kinematic aspects of the rocket-borne clock experiment by Vessot and Levine are analyzed with the revised Robertson's test theory of special relativity (Found. Phys. 14, 625 (1984)). Besides the expected time-dilation, it is found that the intermediate steps of this experiment yield in principle Michelson-Morley type information (a relation between
José G. Vargas
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Revised Robertson's test theory of special relativity: Supergroups and superspace
Foundations of Physics, 1986 The revised Robertson's test theory of special relativity (SR) has been constructed upon a family of sets of passive coordinate transformations in flat space-time [J. G. Vargas and D. G. Torr,Found. Phys., 16, 1089 (1986)]. In the same paper, it has also been shown that the boosts depend in general on the velocities of the two frames involved and not ...
Jos� G. Vargas
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Revised Robertson's test theory of special relativity: Space-time structure and dynamics
Foundations of Physics, 1986 The experimental testing of the Lorentz transformations is based on a family of sets of coordinate transformations that do not comply in general with the principle of equivalence of the inertial frames. The Lorentz and Galilean sets of transformations are the only member sets of the family that satisfy this principle.
Jos� G. Vargas, Douglas G. Torr
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A comment on a proposed «crucial experiment» to test Einstein's special theory of relativity
Il Nuovo Cimento B Series 11, 1976 A proposed «crucial experiment» to test Einstein's special theory of relativity is analysed and it is shown that it falls into the set of unsatisfactory proposals that attempt to make an experimental distinction between Einstein's special theory of relativity and a «Lorentzian type» special theory of relativity.
W. A. Rodrigues, V. Buonamano
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