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Physics Letters A
Volume 196, Issues 1-2, 19 December 1994, Pages 1-6
 
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A physical theory based solely on the first postulate of relativity*1

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J. P. Hsua and Leonardo Hsub, 1

a Physics Department, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA

b Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA


Received 22 June 1994; 
revised 22 September 1994; 
accepted 7 October 1994
Communicated by V.M. Agranovich 
Available online 4 October 2002.

Abstract

Using the first postulate of relativity only, we develop a general theory, termed taiji relativity, which has four-dimensional symmetry and is consistent with experiments. Within this framework, the speed of light is no longer a universal constant. Thus, quantum electrodynamics has only two fundamental constants, Image and J, which are the analogues of e and Image . Some new results are implied.

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*1 This work was supported in part by The Jing Shin Research Fund of the UMassD Foundation.

1 Present address: Physics Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.


Physics Letters A
Volume 196, Issues 1-2, 19 December 1994, Pages 1-6
 
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