scholarly journals Three-line derivation of the Thomas precession

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (8) ◽  
pp. 674-674
Author(s):  
Paweł Lewulis ◽  
Andrzej Dragan
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Precession

scholarly journals Thomas precession and Thomas-Wigner rotation: Correct solutions and their implications

2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 30006
Author(s):  
Alexander Kholmetskii ◽  
Oleg Missevitch ◽  
Tolga Yarman ◽  
Metin Arik
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Precession ◽  
Wigner Rotation

Thomas–Wigner rotation and Thomas precession in covariant ether theories: novel approach to experimental verification of special relativity

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 503-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander L. Kholmetskii ◽  
Tolga Yarman
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Frame ◽  
Empty Space ◽  
Special Theory ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Thomas Precession ◽  
Wigner Rotation ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Inertial Frames ◽  
Crucial Test ◽  
Ether Theories

We continue the analysis of Thomas–Wigner rotation (TWR) and Thomas precession (TP) initiated in (Kholmetskii and Yarman. Can. J. Phys. 92, 1232 (2014). doi:10.1139/cjp-2014-0015 ; Kholmetskii et al. Can. J. Phys. 92, 1380 (2014). doi:10.1139/cjp-2014-0140 ), where a number of points of serious inconsistency have been found in the relativistic explanation of these effects. These findings motivated us to address covariant ether theories (CET), as suggested by the first author (Kholmetskii. Phys. Scr. 67, 381 (2003)) and to show that both TWR and TP find a perfect explanation in CET. We briefly reproduce the main points of CET, which are constructed on the basis of general symmetries of empty space–time, general relativity principles, and classical causality, instead of Einstein’s postulates of the special theory of relativity (STR). We demonstrate that with respect to all known relativistic experiments performed to date in all areas of physics, both theories, STR and CET, yield identical results. We further show that the only effect that differentiates STR and CET is the measurement of time-dependent TWR of two inertial frames, K1 and K2, related by the rotation-free Lorentz transformation with a third inertial frame, K0, in the situation, where the relative velocity between K1 and K2 remains fixed. We discuss the results obtained and suggest a novel experiment, which can be classified as a new crucial test of STR.

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