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Piccard-Kessler's Experiment vs. Lorentz Contraction

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Scientific Paper
TitlePiccard-Kessler's Experiment vs. Lorentz Contraction
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Author(s)Vyacheslav N Streltsov
KeywordsLorentz contraction, Heaviside potential, Piccard-Kessler's experiment.
Published2002
JournalJournal of Theoretics
Volume4
Number5
No. of pages4

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Abstract

According to the generally accepted opinion, the electric field of a moving charge has the form of oblate revolution ellipsoid in accordance with the Lorentz contraction formula. This picture, however, contradicts the known experiment based on the gas-efflux method.