Lorentz Force in Special Relativity Theory

A Crucial Test for Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity Against the Lorentz-Poincare Ether Theory of Relativity

A crucial experiment is proposed which should decide between Einstein’s interpretation of the Lorentz transformations, where the relativistic effects are explained as the result of space-time transformations, and the alternative interpretation by Lorentz and Poincare, where all the same effects are explained by real physical deformations of bodies in absolute motion through an ether. To break t...

Trouble with the Lorentz law of force: incompatibility with special relativity and momentum conservation.

The Lorentz law of force is the fifth pillar of classical electrodynamics, the other four being Maxwell's macroscopic equations. The Lorentz law is the universal expression of the force exerted by electromagnetic fields on a volume containing a distribution of electrical charges and currents. If electric and magnetic dipoles also happen to be present in a material medium, they are traditionally...

The Special Theory of Relativity

Chapter 1 The special theory of relativity

1905 is often described as Einstein’s annus mirabilis: a wonderful year in which he came up with three remarkable ideas. These were the Brownian motion in fluids, the photoelectric effect and the special theory of relativity. Each of these was of a basic nature and also had a wide impact on physics. In this chapter we will be concerned with special relativity, which was arguably the most fundam...

Logical analysis of special relativity theory

Here we outline an approach to a logical analysis of relativity theory conducted purely in first order logic (for methodological reasons). Here we concentrate on special relativity, but in a more extensive work referred to here as [2], some steps are made in the direction of generalizing the present approach towards general relativity. In [2] we build up variants of relativity theory as “compet...