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Remark to the interpretation of the Kennedy-Thorndike experiment

Замечание к истолкованию эксперимента Кеннеди—Сорндайк

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It is shown that the result of the Kennedy—Thorndike experiment can be understood in terms of the Lorentz contraction only and it is not necessary — as it is generally supposed — to make use of the relativistic behaviour of clocks for the interpretation of the result.

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Показывается, что результат эксперимента Кеннеди—Сорндайк можно интерпретировать только на основе сокращения Лоренца и не является необходимым — как это обычно предполагается — использовать релятивистическое поведение часов при истолковании результата.

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Jánossy, L. Remark to the interpretation of the Kennedy-Thorndike experiment. Acta Physica 25, 275–278 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03156790

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