A real Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Barceló, Carlos ^a   Jannes, Gil ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effective metric; Einstein gravity; Emergent phenomena; Lorentz FitzGerald contraction; Michelson Morley experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949154835     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-007-9196-7     Document Type: Article

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