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Muon decays in the Earth's atmosphere, differential aging and the paradox of the twins
J. H. Field
Observation of the decay of muons produced in the Earth's atmosphere by cosmic ray interactions provides a graphic illustration of the counter-intuitive space-time predictions of s…
A sign error in the Minkowski space-time plot and its consequences
J. H. Field
A sign error in an angle while drawing the original Minkowski plot has persisted for a century in text books and the pedagogical literature. When it is corrected, the `length contr…
Spatially-separated synchronised clocks in the same inertial frame: Time dilatation, but no relativity of simultaneity or length contraction
J. H. Field
The Lorentz transformation is used to analyse space and time coordinates corresponding to two spatially-separated clocks in the same inertial frame. The time dilatation effect is c…
Time and motion in physics: the Reciprocity Principle, relativistic invariance of the lengths of rulers and time dilatation
J. H. Field
Ponderable objects moving in free space according to Newton's First Law constitute both rulers and clocks when one such object is viewed from the rest frame of another. Together wi…
Relativistic velocity addition and the relativity of space and time intervals
J. H. Field
A thought experiment first proposed by Sartori is analysed using the parallel velocity addition formula of special relativity. The distances and proper-time intervals between some…