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The Lorentz-invariant vacuum medium

M. A. Shupe

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In teaching courses on special relativity, we should take care to emphasize that experiments done to date are tests of Lorentz invariance up to the momenta accessible to modern equipment. Specifically, these experiments do not verify the two postulates of special relativity. There is still the possibility that space is permeated by a medium which supports the propagation of particles, and that this medium will eventually be detected.

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In teaching courses on special relativity, we should take care to emphasize that experiments done to date are tests of Lorentz invariance up to the momenta accessible to modern equipment. Specifically, these experiments do not verify the two postulates of special relativity. There is still the possibility that space is permeated by a medium which supports the propagation of particles, and that this medium will eventually be detected.

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In teaching courses on special relativity, we should take care to emphasize that experiments done to date are tests of Lorentz invariance up to the momenta accessible to modern equipment. Specifically, these experiments do not verify the two postulates of special relativity. There is still the possibility that space is permeated by a medium which supports the propagation of particles, and that this medium will eventually be detected.

Key concepts: Physics, Test theories of special relativity, One-way speed of light, Theory of relativity, Special relativity, Lorentz transformation, Lorentz covariance, Invariant (physics)

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