Construction of the special theory of relativity
Abstract
A method of constructing the special theory of relativity on the basis of the special relativity principle is described that does not use Einstein's second postulate or a group postulate. One variant of the method is based on the conservation laws for mass and momentum applied to the decay of a particle into two identical secondary particles. Mass is possibly dependent on velocity through a factor gamma(v). In a second variant one compares the lengths of three rods in relative motion. Here a factor g(v) takes into account a possible dependence of length on velocity. The product of gamma(v) and g(v) must always be unity.
- Publication:
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Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised Fuusika Matemaatika
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977ETATF..26..389K
- Keywords:
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- Conservation Laws;
- Pair Production;
- Particle Mass;
- Relativity;
- Axioms;
- High Energy Interactions;
- Momentum Theory;
- Particle Motion;
- Radioactive Decay;
- Relativistic Effects;
- Relativistic Particles;
- Velocity Measurement;
- Physics (General)