relativity of simultaneity
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Relativity of simultaneity is the special relativity principle that events judged simultaneous in one inertial frame may occur at different times in another moving frame, showing that simultaneity is not absolute.
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| Einstein train-and-platform thought experiment | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
concept in special relativity
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physical principle ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
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surface form:
Einstein's 1905 paper on special relativity
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| appliesTo | inertial observers in relative motion ⓘ |
| assumes |
Einstein synchronization convention
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surface form:
Einstein light-signal synchronization procedure
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| category |
relativistic effect
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temporal relativity principle ⓘ |
| concerns | temporal ordering of spacelike-separated events ⓘ |
| contradicts | Newtonian absolute time ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
Lorentz transformation
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surface form:
Lorentz transformations
finite speed of light ⓘ |
| describes | frame-dependence of simultaneity ⓘ |
| distinguishes | classical mechanics from relativistic mechanics ⓘ |
| doesNotAffect | temporal ordering of timelike-separated events ⓘ |
| field | physics ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Albert Einstein ⓘ |
| formulationYear | 1905 ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
breakdown of global simultaneity slices shared by all observers
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different observers can disagree on temporal order of spacelike-separated events ⓘ no universal present moment ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalImplication |
challenge to presentism in philosophy of time
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support for four-dimensional block universe view ⓘ |
| illustratedBy |
relativity of simultaneity
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Einstein train-and-platform thought experiment
lightning strike thought experiment ⓘ |
| implies |
moving clocks that are synchronized in one frame are not synchronized in another
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no preferred inertial frame for defining simultaneity ⓘ simultaneity is frame-dependent ⓘ simultaneity is not absolute ⓘ |
| isAspectOf |
relativistic nature of time
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spacetime structure in special relativity ⓘ |
| mathematicallyExpressedBy | time component of Lorentz transformation ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Einstein synchronization convention
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Lorentz group ⓘ
surface form:
Lorentz invariance
Minkowski space-time ⓘ
surface form:
Minkowski spacetime
inertial reference frames ⓘ length contraction ⓘ time dilation ⓘ |
| requires |
constant speed of light in all inertial frames
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principle of relativity ⓘ |
| states | events simultaneous in one inertial frame may not be simultaneous in another ⓘ |
| subfield | special relativity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
interpretation of spacetime diagrams
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relativistic causality analysis ⓘ relativistic kinematics ⓘ |
| visualizedBy | tilted lines of simultaneity in Minkowski diagrams ⓘ |
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Einstein train-and-platform thought experiment