Author(s)

Olivier Serret^*

ESIM Engineer, Cugnaux, France.

For a century, hypothesis of a variable time is laid down by the Relativity Theory. This hypothesis can explain many Nature observations, experiments and formulas, for example the Lorentz factor demonstration. Because of such good explanations, the hypothesis of a variable time has been validated. Nevertheless, it remains some paradoxes and some predictions which are difficult to measure, as a reversible time or the time variation itself. The purpose of this article is to study another hypothesis. If it gives interesting results, it would mean that this alternative hypothesis can also be validated. The idea in this paper is to replace the variable time by a variable inertial mass. To the difference with the Theory of Relativity (where the inertial mass and the gravitational mass are equal and variable), the gravitational mass is here supposed to be constant. So, starting from the definition of the kinetic energy, it is introduced the Lorentz factor. And then it is demonstrated the value of the Lorentz factor thanks to a variable inertial mass. This variable inertial mass can also explain experiments, like Bertozzi experiment. If this alternative demonstration was validated, it could help to open doors, other physical effects could be explained like the addition of velocities.

Lorentz Factor, Variable Time, Relativity, Light Celerity, Inertial Mass, Mass of Inertia, Gravitational Mass, Bertozzi, Michelson and Morley

Serret, O. (2015) How to Demonstrate the Lorentz Factor: Variable Time v.s. Variable Inertial Mass. Journal of Modern Physics, 6, 252-259. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2015.63030.