Spatial Directions, Anisotropy and Special Relativity [PDF]
, 2011 The concept of an objective spatial direction in special relativity is investigated and theories assuming light-speed isotropy while accepting the existence of a privileged spatial direction are classified.
Mamone-Capria, Marco
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Probing Relativity using Space-Based Experiments [PDF]
, 2006 An overview of space tests searching for small deviations from special relativity arising at the Planck scale is given. Potential high-sensitivity space-based experiments include ones with atomic clocks, masers, and electromagnetic cavities. We show that
Mariz T. +6 more
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Physics Opportunities Above the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cutoff: Lorentz Symmetry Violation at the Planck Scale [PDF]
, 1997 Special relativity has been tested at low energy with great accuracy, but these results cannot be extrapolated to very high-energy phenomena: this new domain of physics may actually provide the key to the, yet unsettled, question of the ether and the ...
Gonzalez-Mestres, Luis
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Twin Peaks: A possible signal in the production of resonances beyond special relativity [PDF]
Symmetry 2018, 10, 432, 2018 It is usually expected that quantum gravity corrections will modify somehow the symmetries of special relativity. In this paper we point out that the possibility of very low-energy (with respect to the Planck energy) modifications to special relativity in the framework of a deformed relativistic theory is not ruled out, and that, depending on the value
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Recent Experimental Tests of Special Relativity
, 2005 We review our recent Michelson-Morley (MM) and Kennedy-Thorndike (KT) experiment, which tests Lorentz invariance in the photon sector, and report first results of our ongoing atomic clock test of Lorentz invariance in the matter sector.
A. Bauch +41 more
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General Very Special Relativity is Finsler Geometry [PDF]
, 2007 We ask whether Cohen and Glashow's Very Special Relativity model for Lorentz violation might be modified, perhaps by quantum corrections, possibly producing a curved spacetime with a cosmological constant.
C. N. Pope +4 more
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On the Arbitrary Choice Regarding which Inertial Reference Frame is "Stationary" and which is "Moving" in the Special Theory of Relativity [PDF]
, 1994 Einstein's argument on the relativity of simultaneity itself is the first result of the special theory of relativity. This argument is reflected in the structure and functioning of the physical world.
Snyder, Douglas M.
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The Relativity Concept Inventory: development, analysis and results
, 2013 We report on a concept inventory for special relativity: the development process, data analysis methods, and results from an introductory relativity class. The Relativity Concept Inventory tests understanding of kinematic relativistic concepts.
Aslanides, J. S., Savage, C. M.
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General relativity and cosmology derived from principle of maximum power or force [PDF]
, 2006 The field equations of general relativity are shown to derive from the existence of a limit force or of a limit power in nature. The limits have the value of c^4/4G and c^5/4G. The proof makes use of a result by Jacobson.
Christoph Schiller +5 more
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On the interpretation of Michelson-Morley experiments [PDF]
, 2001 Recent proposals for improved optical tests of Special Relativity have renewed interest in the interpretation of such tests. In this paper we discuss the interpretation of modern realizations of the Michelson-Morley experiment in the context of a new ...
Brillet +17 more
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