Conservative relativity principle: Logical ground and analysis of relevant experiments

TL;DR

This paper introduces the conservative relativity principle (CRP), a new concept asserting the indistinguishability of rest and uniform motion states, and demonstrates its consistency with existing theories and experimental data, including atomic physics and Mössbauer experiments.

Contribution

The paper proposes the conservative relativity principle (CRP), extending relativity theory and explaining experimental anomalies not accounted for by standard relativity.

Findings

CRP aligns better with experimental data in atomic physics.

CRP explains deviations in Mössbauer experiments.

CRP is compatible with general relativity.

Abstract

We suggest a new relativity principle, which asserts the impossibility to distinguish the state of rest and the state of motion at the constant velocity of a system, if no work is done to the system in question during its motion. We suggest calling this new rule as "conservative relativity principle" (CRP). In the case of an empty space, CRP is reduced to the Einstein special relativity principle. We also show that CRP is compatible with the general relativity principle. One of important implications of CRP is the dependence of the proper time of a charged particle on the electric potential at its location. In the present paper we consider the relevant experimental facts gathered up to now, where the latter effect can be revealed. We show that in atomic physics the introduction of this effect furnishes a better convergence between theory and experiment than that provided by the standard approach. Finally, we reanalyze the Moessbauer experiments in rotating systems and show that the obtained recently puzzling deviation of the relative energy shift between emission and absorption lines from the relativistic prediction can be explained by the CRP.