Modification to Special Relativity

2006/09/01 by Gordon Chalmers, Chalmers, Gordon
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0609007

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Abstract

The speed of light is usually taken as one of the fundamental constants. String, and field, theories appear to require the altercation of this constant into a functional form E(m,c) which is not E=mc². The analysis requires the re-interpretation of the renormalization group flow equations. There are quantum corrections to the mass-energy relation generically for particles of any sort. A breakdown of special relativity follows. Cosmological data might be one of the best testbeds to analyze the computable functional forms of the mass energy relations.

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• Motivations to modify special relativity
• Special Relativity for the Full Speed Range -- speed slower than C_R also equal to and faster than C_R
• An exposition of special relativity without appeal to "constancy of speed of light" hypotheses
• The constancy, or otherwise, of the speed of light
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