Space-time attributes of physical objects and the laws of space-time physics

TL;DR

This paper explores the fundamental distinctions between space and time attributes of physical objects, challenging traditional interpretations of special relativity and proposing new laws governing observations across reference frames.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perspective on space-time attributes, deriving seven laws that differ from conventional special relativity, and questions the symmetry assumptions underlying Lorentz transformations.

Findings

Relativity of simultaneity and length contraction do not occur as traditionally thought.

Seven new laws relate observations of space, time, and velocity in different frames.

Only two of these laws align with conventional special relativity.

Abstract

Physical time intervals are attributes of single physical object whereas physical space intervals are a relational attribute of two physical objects. Some consequences of the breaking of the space-time exchange symmetry inherent in the Lorentz transformation following from the above distinction are investigated. In particular, it is shown that the relativity of simultaneity and length contraction effects which naively follow from space-time symmetry of the Lorentz transformation do not occur. Seven laws describing the relation between observations of space intervals, time intervals and velocities in different reference frames are given. Only two of these laws are respected by conventional special relativity theory.