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Nature Physics 3, 831 - 832 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphys789

Subject Category: Other physics

Special relativity: A matter of time

Claus Lämmerzahl1

  1. Claus Lämmerzahl is in the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
    e-mail: laemmerzahl@zarm.uni-bremen.de


The most precise test of time dilation so far assures us that all is well with the special theory of relativity, and sets important benchmarks for practical applications and for emerging theories of quantum gravity.

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