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Recently published space-time transformations between inertial systems (different from the Lorentz transformations) are reviewed. Energy and momentum are defined consistently with these new transformation laws. Formally they equal the usual relativistic expressions only in the privileged frame, but numerically they do so in all inertial frames. All the precise experimental data concerning thresholds for inelastic processes, particle masses, and so on, can thus be explained also within this new theoretical framework.
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Selleri, F. Noninvariant one-way velocity of light and particle collisions. Found Phys Lett 9, 43–60 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186208
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186208