Testing the validity of the Lorentz factor
H Broomfield (1), J Hirst (1), Theodoros Vafeiadis (2), Markus Joos, (3) A Singh (1), M Raven (1), T K Chung (1), J Harrow (1), T Kwok (1), J Li, (1), K Tsui (1), A Tsui (1), R Perkins (1), H Mandelstam (1), D Khoo (1), J, Southwell (1), J Martin-Halls (1), D Townsend (1)
TL;DR
This paper reports on an experiment testing the Lorentz factor using particle time of flight measurements, but the decay rate method was inconclusive due to sensitivity issues.
Contribution
It introduces an experimental approach to validate the Lorentz factor through particle time of flight measurements at varying momenta.
Findings
Time of flight measurements aligned with Lorentz predictions
Decay rate measurements were inconclusive due to sensitivity limitations
Provides a methodology for future high-sensitivity experiments
Abstract
Our proposed experiment aimed to test the validity of the Lorentz factor with two methods: The time of flight (TOF) of various particles at different momenta and the decay rate of pions at different momenta. Due to the high sensitivity required for the second method the results were inconclusive, therefore we report only on the results of the first method.
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