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Recently published space-time transformations between inertial systems (“inertial transformations”) are reviewed. They are based on three assumptions: (1) The two-way velocity of light is c in all inertial systems and in all directions; (2) Time dilation effects take place with the usual relativistic factor; (3) Clocks are synchronized in the way chosen by nature itself, e.g. in the Sagnac effect. They form a group, and agree with the available experimental evidence in spite of the implied noninvariance of the one-way velocity of light. Energy and momentum are defined consistently. Formally they equal the usual relativistic expressions only in a privileged frame, but numerically they do so in all inertial frames. All the experimental data concerning kinematics of high energy particle physics are thus explained also within this new framework.
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Selleri, F. (1997). Inertial Transformations: A Review. In: Jeffers, S., Roy, S., Vigier, JP., Hunter, G. (eds) The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5682-0_40
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