Relativity and Cosmology

    

The Physical Meaning of the Definition of Distant Simultaneity

Authors: Luk Rossey

It is a remarkable thing that distant simultaneity has proved over the years to be one of the most contentious and apparently confusion issues in Special Relativity Theory . Einstein defined simultaneity for two reasons . Firstly, to equate the one-way with the two-way speed of light and secondly to explain a natural phenomenon described in his famous train-embankment thought experiment . In the former , distant clocks are synchronized assuming light speed invariance, while in the latter, no assumptions are made regarding the physical nature of light. It turns out that distant events can be defined both simultaneous and separated in time in the same reference frame, leading to the conclusion that light may not behave as we think it does.

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