Abstract
The major extant relativity theories-Galileo’s Rela tivity (GaR), Lorentz’s Relativity (LR) and Einstei n’s Special Relativity (SR), with the latter much celeb rated, while the LR is essentially ignored. Indeed it is often incorrectly claimed that SR and LR are experi mentally indistinguishable. Here we show that (i) S R and LR are experimentally distinguishable, (ii) tha t comparison of gas-mode Michelson interferometer experiments with spacecraft earth-flyby Doppler shi ft data demonstrate that it is LR that is consisten t with the data, while SR is in conflict with the dat a, (iii) SR is exactly derivable from GaR by means of a mere linear change of space and time coordinates that mixes the Galilean space and time coordinates. So it is GaR and SR that are equivalent. Hence the well known SR relativistic effects are purely coordinate effects and cannot correspond to the obs erved relativistic effects. The connections between these three relativity theories has become apparent following the discovery that space is an observabl e dynamical textured system and that space and time a re distinct phenomena, leading to a neo-Lorentz Relativity (nLR). The observed relativistic effects are dynamical consequences of nLR and 3-space. In particular a proper derivation of the Dirac equatio n from nLR is given, which entails the derivation o f the rest mass energy mc 2 .
Highlights
Physics has failed, from the early days of Galileo and Newton, to consider the existence of space as a structured, detectable and dynamical system and one that underpins all phenomena, until 2002 when it was discovered that the Michelson-Morley experiment was not null (Cahill and Kitto, 2003) and confirmed Lorentz’s Relativity Theory (This report is from the Gravitational Wave Detector Project at Flinders University)
Reginald Thomas Cahill / Physics International 4 (1): 60-72, 2013 they are experimentally distinguishable, (ii) that comparison of gas-mode Michelson interferometer experiments with spacecraft earth-flyby Doppler shift data (Cahill, 2009c; Anderson et al, 2008) demonstrate that it is Lorentz’s Relativity (LR) that is consistent with the data, while Special Relativity (SR) is in conflict with the same data, (iii) SR is exactly derivable from Galilean Relativity by means of change of space and time coordinates, so that the well-known SR relativistic effects are purely coordinate effects and cannot correspond to the observed dynamical relativistic effects
It is possible to give a definitive account of the Relativity Principle that has emerged from experiment, viz neo-Lorentz Relativity (nLR), together with the dynamical space which underpins that Relativity Principle” (RP)
Summary
From the early days of Galileo and Newton, to consider the existence of space as a structured, detectable and dynamical system and one that underpins all phenomena, until 2002 when it was discovered that the Michelson-Morley experiment was not null (Cahill and Kitto, 2003) and confirmed Lorentz’s Relativity Theory (This report is from the Gravitational Wave Detector Project at Flinders University). Reginald Thomas Cahill / Physics International 4 (1): 60-72, 2013 they are experimentally distinguishable, (ii) that comparison of gas-mode Michelson interferometer experiments with spacecraft earth-flyby Doppler shift data (Cahill, 2009c; Anderson et al, 2008) demonstrate that it is LR that is consistent with the data, while SR is in conflict with the same data, (iii) SR is exactly derivable from Galilean Relativity by means of change of space and time coordinates, so that the well-known SR relativistic effects are purely coordinate effects and cannot correspond to the observed dynamical relativistic effects The connections between these three relativity theories have become apparent following the discovery that space is a dynamical. 1st a warning: A common error when discussing the physics of space and time is to confuse space and time coordinates with the actual phenomenon of space and time and to confuse space intervals, as measured by a ruler or round trip light speed measurements and time measured by an actual clock, with actual intrinsic measures of space and time phenomena: Coordinates are arbitrary, whereas the intrinsic measures are set by the dynamics of space
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