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| url = [http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_5475.pdf Link to paper]
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| author = [[Thomas E Phipps]]
| author = [[Thomas E Phipps]]
| keywords = collective time, Special Relativity, stellar aberration
| published = 2010
| published = 2010
| journal = [[Proceedings of the NPA]]
| journal = [[Proceedings of the NPA]]

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Scientific Paper
TitleCollective Time
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Author(s)Thomas E Phipps
Keywordscollective time, Special Relativity, stellar aberration
Published2010
JournalProceedings of the NPA
Volume7
No. of pages6
Pages364-369

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Abstract

Universal invariance is shown to offer a plausible alternative to special relativity's conceptions of universal covariance, four-vectors, spacetime symmetry, etc. This alternative, supported by a conception of time similar to Newton's (here termed ?Collective Time? and patterned on GPS time) provides a mathematical basis particularly helpful in analyzing the many-body problem. Both particle mechanics and electromagnetism fit with this radically new way of formulating a relativistic description. A crucial experiment is advocated, requiring accurate measurement of stellar aberration to second order by means of the VLBI system.