Naslov
The "True transformations relativity" analysis of the Michelson-Morley experiment

Autori
Ivezić, Tomislav

Izvornik
Physics/0101091

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, rukopis

Godina
2001

Ključne riječi
Michelson-Morley experiment; true transformations relativity; apparent transformations relativity

Sažetak
In this paper we present an invariant formulation of special relativity, i.e., the "true transformations relativity." It deals wither with true tensor quantities (when no basis has been introduced) or equivalently with coordinate-based geometric quantities comprising both components and a basis (when some basis has been introduced). It is shown that this invariant formulation, in which special relativity is understood as the theory of a four-dimensional spacetime with the pseudo-Euclidean geometry, completely explains the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment. Two noncovariant approaches to the analysis of the Michelson-Morley experiment are discussed ; the coventional one in which only the path lengths (optical or geometrical) are considered, and Driscoll's approach (R.B. Driscoll, Phys. Essays 10, 394 (1997)), in which the increment of phase is determined not only by the segment of geometric path length, but also by the wavelength in that segment. Because these analyses belong to the "apparent transformations relativity, " they do not agree with the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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