TITLE:
On an Optical Paradox in Special Relativity
AUTHORS:
Vladimir A. Leus
KEYWORDS:
Special Relativity Theory, Relativity of Simultaneity, Paradoxes
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.10,
October
29,
2015
ABSTRACT:
Special Relativity Theory (SRT) is from time to time subject to critical
assaults. There are several logically deduced discrepancies inherent in SRT
(paradoxes) which demand a scrupulous examination. In this paper a new thought
experiment, including two frames of reference is presented. Two trains are hurtling
in opposite directions past one another in a symmetrical manner, but substantially
asymmetrical events occur. This consideration leads to a contradiction in the
notion of “relativity of simultaneity” — the basic tenet of
SRT.