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An electromagnetic way to derive basic relativistic transformations

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Congjun Wu

General Physics · Submitted 13 Sep 2022

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The authors' main claim We derive the relativistic velocity addition law, the transformations of electromagnetic fields and space-time intervals by examining the drift velocities in a crossed electromagnetic field configuration.

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CitationCongjun Wu. "An electromagnetic way to derive basic relativistic transformations." arXiv:2209.07466 (2022). https://pith.science/paper/C3PB2XB3
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We derive the relativistic velocity addition law, the transformations of electromagnetic fields and space-time intervals by examining the drift velocities in a crossed electromagnetic field configuration. The postulate of the light velocity invariance is not taken as a priori, but is derived as the universal upper limit of physical drift velocities. The key is that a physical drift of either an electric charge or a magnetic charge remains a drift motion by inertial reference frame transformations. Such a simple fact is incompatible with the Galilean velocity addition. This derivation provides a way to introduce relativity via elementary electromagnetism.

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s0 We derive the relativistic velocity addition law, the transformations of electromagnetic fields and space-time intervals by examining the drift velocities in a crossed electromagnetic field configuration. contribution 0.85 0.95 0.43 asserted 1.00
s1 The postulate of the light velocity invariance is not taken as a priori, but is derived as the universal upper limit of physical drift velocities. result 0.70 0.90 0.36 asserted 1.00
s2 The key is that a physical drift of either an electric charge or a magnetic charge remains a drift motion by inertial reference frame transformations. method 0.68 0.46 0.16 asserted 1.00
s3 Such a simple fact is incompatible with the Galilean velocity addition. interpretation 0.84 0.60 0.15 asserted 1.00
s4 This derivation provides a way to introduce relativity via elementary electromagnetism. interpretation 0.78 0.75 0.27 asserted 0.94

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We derive the relativistic velocity addition law, the transformations of electromagnetic fields and space-time intervals by examining the drift velocities in a crossed electromagnetic field configuration. The postulate of the light velocity invariance is not taken as a priori, but is derived as the universal upper limit of physical drift velocities. The key is that a physical drift of either an electric charge or a magnetic charge remains a drift motion by inertial reference frame transformations. Such a simple fact is incompatible with the Galilean velocity addition. This derivation provides a way to introduce relativity via elementary electromagnetism.

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