2017
DOI: 10.1590/1806-9126-rbef-2016-0273
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Can Lorentz transformations be determined by the null Michelson-Morley result?

Abstract: The so-called principle of relativity is able to fix a general coordinate transformation which differs from the standard Lorentzian form only by an unknown speed which cannot in principle be identified with the light speed. Based on a reanalysis of the Michelson-Morley experiment using this extended transformation we show that such unknown speed is analytically determined regardless of the Maxwell equations and conceptual issues related to synchronization procedures, time and causality definitions. Such a resu… Show more

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“…3,4) the formed reflected rays are deflected at an angle since their wave fronts propagate parallel to the speed of the interferometer. Its registration is facilitated by measuring the displacement of the cross sections of the rays on the screen (15). Thus, a propagation angle for the speed direction of the device has the significant influence on the informative value of difference of the ways in the reference system, connected with the interferometer, reflected rays and their angles of deflection.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…3,4) the formed reflected rays are deflected at an angle since their wave fronts propagate parallel to the speed of the interferometer. Its registration is facilitated by measuring the displacement of the cross sections of the rays on the screen (15). Thus, a propagation angle for the speed direction of the device has the significant influence on the informative value of difference of the ways in the reference system, connected with the interferometer, reflected rays and their angles of deflection.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The experiments of Michelson (1881), Michelson-Morley (1887) to determine the movement of the Earth relative to the ether were the culmination of the search for motion relative to the ether [2], [3]. Similar experiments, with increasing their accuracy, continue to the present time [4], [5].…”
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confidence: 99%