Relative Simultaneity in the Special Relativity

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1977 English Publisher:Cambridge University Press (CUP)Journal:Philosophy of Science, volume 44, pages 464-474 (issn: 0031-8248, eissn: 1539-767X,

Authors: Robert Pargetter; Frank Jackson;

doi: 10.1086/288759

Relative Simultaneity in the Special Relativity

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In this paper a method is proposed for empirically determining simultaneity at a distance within the special theory of relativity. It is argued that this method is independent of Einstein's signalling method and provides a basis for denying the conventionality of distant simultaneity.

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