Special relativity from classical gedanken experiments involving electromagnetic forces: a contribution to relativity without light

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/AB806BMaRDI QIDQ6042537zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 11 May 2023

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.09844, http://hdl.handle.net/10183/216236

zbMATH Keywords

relativityrelativity without lightspecial theory of relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optics, electromagnetic theory (78-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

Abstract: Simply by assuming the first postulate of Special Relativity and by exploring Gedankenexperiments with electromagnetic forces, we suggest that there is a speed limit in the universe, which can be determined as a relation between vacuum permeability and permittivity. We also derive space contraction and time dilatation without referring to light. Finally, we argue that, based on previous works on the derivation of Lorentz s Transformation without light and from our results, it is possible to transform the epistemological status of the Einstein s second postulate from principle into derivation.

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