Spatially-separated synchronised clocks in the same inertial frame: Time dilatation, but no relativity of simultaneity or length contraction

2008/02/22 by J. H. Field, Field, J. H.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #History and Developments in Astronomy #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0802.3298

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Abstract

The Lorentz transformation is used to analyse space and time coordinates corresponding to two spatially-separated clocks in the same inertial frame. The time dilatation effect is confirmed, but not `relativity of simultaneity' or `relativistic length contraction'. How these latter, spurious, effects arise from misuse of the Lorentz transformation is also explained.

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