Special Relativity

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Special_Theory_of_Relativity
gptkbp:appliesTo inertial reference frames
gptkbp:category gptkb:theoretical_physics
physics
relativity
gptkbp:describes relationship between space and time
gptkbp:evidence gptkb:Hafele–Keating_experiment
gptkb:Ives–Stilwell_experiment
gptkb:Michelson–Morley_experiment
muon lifetime experiments
gptkbp:excludes gravity
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
1905
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:Lorentz_invariance
gptkb:relativistic_Doppler_effect
gptkb:twin_paradox
light cone
causality
four-velocity
proper time
relativistic energy
relativistic momentum
rest mass
simultaneity
spacetime diagram
invariant interval
velocity addition formula
gptkbp:hasEquation E=mc^2
gptkbp:hasMathematicalFramework gptkb:Lorentz_transformations
gptkb:Minkowski_spacetime
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Special Relativity
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:quantum_field_theory
particle physics
modern physics
gptkbp:opposedBy Newtonian mechanics at high velocities
gptkbp:postulate laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames
speed of light in vacuum is constant for all observers
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:General_Relativity
gptkbp:predicts gptkb:mass–energy_equivalence
length contraction
relativity of simultaneity
time dilation
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Annalen_der_Physik
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Galilean_relativity
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:particle_accelerators
gptkb:GPS_technology
nuclear energy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Relativity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5