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The special theory of relativity describes the motion and dynamics of objects moving at significant fractions of the speed of light.
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Understand result of Lorentz transform
An event being simultaneous to observer S' doesn't mean that the observer perceives it at that instant in time; for S' to become aware of it, a signal of some sort has to travel from the event to S', …
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Length contraction in a boxcar problem
"The professor has NOT introduced anything about the Lorentz
transformation and spacetime diagrams up to his solution. So I believe
he is using some elementary facts instead of invoking any
transform …
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Does relativity of simultaneity affect the outcome of an experiment?
Thus the bomb is detonated in the frame of the tray.
This sentence seems like it might be a clue to where the misconception lies, so I'll base my answer on the following interpretation of what you'r …
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Different observers, different fields?
Classically, the Galilean transform is just a skew (shear) transformation: the time axis gets tilted for the moving observer, but both observers agree on what's simultaneous, as well on lengths and on …
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What does this spacetime diagram mean?
Informally, one major conclusion of special relativity is relativity of simultaneity. Two events that are seen (or can be deduced as) simultaneous by one person, will not necessarily be simultaneous t …
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Does it make sense to create a spacetime diagram in respect to another velocity besides the ...
In your spacetime diagram, you can't have a light ray go at an arbitrary angle.
Before you can make use of your diagram, you'd need to go set up an experiment, and measure the speed of light in sticks …
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