Looking for effect of motion of source on velocity of light on revisiting the Michelson-Morley experiment
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, Omerga-413606 (India)
Description
This commentary reflects on the second postulate of special theory of relativity on advent of Michelson-Morley experiment. Of course the experiment could not complete the task doesn't mean that the velocity of light is not relative though it is finite. The property of the aether or even of vacuum which permits body to have uniform motion without any resistance may play significant role in maintaining the speed of light constant with respect to which is a subject of our investigation and could produce null results in Michelson-Morley experiment. Our attempt is to discover the influence of motion of source on the velocity of light first when both velocities are perpendicular to each other and second when both are parallel. The investigation shows that the light velocity is constant with respect to its source, however, when the source comes in motion; its velocity gets vectorially added to the velocity of light as it happens for all bodies. Moreover the starlight aberration surprisingly supports to the first case which is circumvented yet. In Michelson-Morley experiment, the light source was always rest with respect to the apparatus consequently the speed of light was constant with respect to the apparatus giving no shift in the fringes. (author)
Availability note (English)
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Scientific Research in Physics and Applied Sciences
- Journal Volume
- 8
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 19-23
- ISSN
- 2348-3423
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 52053309
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIRAC EQUATION; LINEAR MOMENTUM; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; SPACE-TIME; SPECIAL RELATIVITY THEORY; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RELATIVITY THEORY; TRANSFORMATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS