Title: Covariant Ether Theories and Special Relativity
Abstract: The present paper defines "covariant ether theories" as all space-time theories that are alternative to special relativity theory (SRT), but nevertheless satisfy the general relativity principle. A general analysis of the properties of admissible space-time transformations shows that the number of such "covariant ether theories" is infinite, and that all these theories are indistinguishable from SRT with all experiments in space-time physics reported to date. Some new theoretical and experimental approaches for unambiguous verification of SRT are discussed. A class of phenomena for which SRT and covariant ether theories (CET's) give different predictions is identified. It has been concluded, that under modern development of experimental technique a crucial choice between SRT and CET's can be made by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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