Short Communication
Year: 2018 | Month: October | Volume: 5 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 357-359
A New Paradox Using Electrodynamics and Relativity
Laxman Bist1
1Department of Physics, Capital College and Research Center (CCRC), Kathmandu, Nepal.
ABSTRACT
The laws of physics including the laws of electrodynamics and relativity have worked very well so far when applied within their proper domain. But the history of physics hasn’t always been smooth. Various philosophical, mathematical and physical consequences have sometimes led scientists to face arguments leading to paradoxes. Here, using the laws of electrodynamics and relativity, I propose a thought experiment which leads to a paradox challenging the common conception of reality. In this thought experiment, the two inertial observers will end up with paradoxical consequences while analyzing the measurement, taken from their own frame, from a force measuring device.
Key words: Reference frame, observer, special relativity, paradox
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