The Inertial Transformations and the Relativity Principle
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | The Inertial Transformations and the Relativity Principle |
| Author(s) | Franco Selleri |
| Keywords | Special relativity, Clock syncrhronization, Inertial transformations |
| Published | 2005 |
| Journal | Foundations of Physics Letters |
| Volume | 18 |
| No. of pages | 14 |
| Pages | 325-339 |
Abstract
Our recently proposed inertial transformations of the space and time variables based on absolute simultaneity imply the existence of a single isotropic inertial reference system ("privileged system").
We show, however, that a resynchronization of clocks in all inertial systems is possible leadind to a different, arbitrarily chosen, isotropic "privileged" system. Such a resynchronization does not modify any one of the empirical consequences of theory, which is thus compatible with a formulation of the relativity principle weskeer than adopted in Einstein's theory of special relativity.