special relativity

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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:countryOfPublication gptkb:German
gptkbp:describes relationship between space and time
gptkbp:excludes gravity
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
1905
gptkbp:hasApplication gptkb:particle_accelerators
gptkb:GPS_technology
astrophysics
electromagnetism
nuclear energy
high-energy physics
synchrotron radiation
gptkbp:hasEquation E=mc^2
gptkbp:hasExperimentalConfirmation gptkb:Ives–Stilwell_experiment
gptkb:Michelson–Morley_experiment
muon lifetime experiments
particle accelerator observations
gptkbp:hasMathematicalFramework gptkb:Lorentz_transformations
gptkb:Minkowski_spacetime
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label special relativity
gptkbp:implies gptkb:mass–energy_equivalence
length contraction
relativity of simultaneity
time dilation
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:quantum_field_theory
particle physics
modern physics
gptkbp:keyFigure gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:Hendrik_Lorentz
gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
gptkb:Hermann_Minkowski
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 moving clocks run slower
moving objects contract in direction of motion
no information can travel faster than light
simultaneity is relative
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Annalen_der_Physik
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Annus_Mirabilis_papers
gptkb:Einstein–Minkowski_controversy
gptkb:Hendrik_Lorentz
gptkb:On_the_Electrodynamics_of_Moving_Bodies
gptkb:Relativity:_The_Special_and_the_General_Theory
gptkb:Special_Theory_of_Relativity
gptkb:general_relativity
gptkb:mass–energy_equivalence
gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:theory_of_relativity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4