The physical meaning of synchronization and simultaneity in Special Relativity

2002/12/04 by Rodrigo de Abreu, de Abreu, Rodrigo
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #physics.gen-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0212020

11 pages, 0 figures

arxiv created 2002/12/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Based on two previous papers, the physical meaning of synchronization and simultaneity as is presented in Einstein's Special Relativity paper of 1905 is reconsidered. We follow Einstein's argumentation to introduce a criterium of synchronization and for the same arguments we arrive at a different criterium for synchronization. From that we conclude that simultaneity is absolute.

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