《Abandoning the ideas of length contraction land time dilation》.pdf

September/October 2003 GALILEAN ELECTRODYNAMICS 83 Abandoning the Ideas of Length Contraction and Time Dilation Nizar Hamdan Department of Physics, University of Aleppo P.O. Box 8101, Aleppo, SYRIA; FAX: +963-21-5724109 This paper demonstrates that including the 3-vector Lorentz force law within the framework of Special Relativity Theory allows derivation of the fundamental relativistic equations pertaining to a charged particle without using Lorentz transformation, and hence without using its kinematic effects; i.e. length contraction and time dilation. Besides that, the invariance of light speed can be interpreted in a way that does not depend on the properties of space-time. Key words: Lorentz force law, special relativity, length contraction, time dilation. 88 Hamdan: Abandoning LC TD; Correspondence: Jones Vol. 14, No. 5 of velocity-dependent interactions present in the systems under 1. Introduction consideration [9]. The Lorentz transformation (LT) embedded in Special Rela- Historically, the connection between SRT and electromagne t- tivity Theory (SRT) [1] was first derived by H.A. Lorentz [2] us- ism is very close, and this close relation could be emphasized ing his theory of electrons, which in accord with prevailing wis-