Journal article

Authors list: Schon, M

Publication year: 1998

Pages: 185-204

Journal: Foundations of Physics

Volume number: 28

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0015-9018

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018748702460

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
The twin paradox (i.e. the reasoning made by the traveling twin, reversing the reasoning made by the earthbound twin, by which it is he who should be older) can be resolved by taking into account the relativity of simultaneity. However, simultaneity depends on a convention about the one-way velocity of light provided that the Reichenbach-Grunbaum hypothesis. is rime. So far the resolution has been presented only for the Einstein convention. We show that for all possible choices of the relevant synchronization parameters the calculations performed by both twins yield the same final results when carefully taking into account the relativity of simultaneity according to the conventions they have chosen. Since the final results do not depend on any of the synchronization parameters, the Reichenbach-Grunbaum hypothesis is thereby supported.

Harvard Citation style: Schon, M. (1998) Twin paradox without one-way velocity assumptions, Foundations of Physics, 28(2), pp. 185-204. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018748702460

APA Citation style: Schon, M. (1998). Twin paradox without one-way velocity assumptions. Foundations of Physics. 28(2), 185-204. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018748702460