%0 Journal Article
%T On an Optical Paradox in Special Relativity
%A Vladimir A. Leus
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 2
%N 10
%P 1-7
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2015
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1101963
%X Special Relativity Theory (SRT) is from time to time subject to critical
assaults. There are several logically deduced discrepancies inherent in SRT
(paradoxes) which demand a scrupulous examination. In this paper a new thought
experiment, including two frames of reference is presented. Two trains are hurtling
in opposite directions past one another in a symmetrical manner, but substantially
asymmetrical events occur. This consideration leads to a contradiction in the
notion of ¡°relativity of simultaneity¡± ¡ª the basic tenet of
SRT.
%K Special Relativity Theory
%K Relativity of Simultaneity
%K Paradoxes
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/3150681