Questioning the Relativity of Inertia and Gravitation
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Questioning the Relativity of Inertia and Gravitation |
| Read in full | Link to paper |
| Author(s) | Dan Romalo |
| Keywords | gravity |
| Published | 2007 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the NPA |
| Volume | 4 |
| Number | 2 |
| No. of pages | 6 |
| Pages | 220-226 |
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Abstract
Assuming that the Fitzgerald-Lorentz length-contraction as well as the Lorentz slowing-down of all electromagnetically-determined clocks are real phenomena, one draws the conclusion that the relativist Fitzgerald-Lorentz invariance is proper, exclusively, to electromagnetic systems. It is a theorem that may not be extended ? with an ?a priori? absolute certainty ? to systems containing inertial and/or gravitational active elements. That limitation is a draw-back of the fact that neither inertia nor gravitation was, till now, experimentally checked on a possible Fitzgerald-Lorentz invariance. At this aim two sorts of experiences ? one determined by gravity and inertia, the second by inertia alone ? are suggested and theoretically investigated by computational modeling. Approximate quantitative results are worked out via finite difference approximation run in an Excel programs.