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Experimental tests of a new Lorentz-invariant dynamics based solely on the first postulate of relativity. - I

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We reanalyze some well-known experimental results within the framework of a new Lorentz-invariant dynamics (for particles and fields) based solely on the first postulate of special relativity. This theory differs from the conventional relativistic dynamics in a number of fundamental ways. However, new four-dimensional transformations still form the Lorentz group and the theory is consistent with all previously performed experiments.

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Hsu, L., Hsu, JP. Experimental tests of a new Lorentz-invariant dynamics based solely on the first postulate of relativity. - I. Nuov Cim B 111, 1283–1297 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02742506

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