Lorentz Theory

[reerer]

Lorentz alters the dimensions of Michelson's experimental apparatus to reverse the negative result of Michelson's experiment to justify the existence of Fresnel's ether, composed of matter, (Michelson, p. 120).

"§ 9. Hitherto all quantities of the order p²_x /V²  have been neglected. As is well known, these must be taken into account in the discussion of Michelson's experiment, in which two rays of light interfered after having traversed rather long paths, the one parallel to the direction of the earth's motion, and the other perpendicular to it. In order to explain the negative result of this experiment Fitzgerald and myself have supposed that, in consequence of the translation, the dimensions of the solid bodies serving to support the optical apparatus, are altered in a certain ratio." (Lorentz, § 9).

Lorentz is reversing the negative result of Michelson's ether experiment to justify the existence of the ether by contracting the length of the interferometer's armature in the x-direction using the constant magnitude of the earth's tangential velocity vector p_x but  according to Michelson, initially the parallel light ray's velocity is increased by propagating in the direction of the ether wind but after the parallel light ray is reflected by the mirror, the parallel light ray is propagating in the opposite direction that would reduce the velocity of the parallel light ray and cancel the test of the ether wind. In Michelson-Morley ether experiment, numerous reflection by the parallel light ray are used to conceal the cancelation problem but the net result of all the reflections of Michelson-Morley experiment would also cancel the test of the ether wind. In addition, Michelson's experiment is based on Fresnel's diffraction effect but Fresnel's describes diffraction uses interfering light waves that produce a diffraction pattern projected on a diffraction screen yet Michelson's interference effect is viewed using a small telescope pointed at the beam splitter since the two light rays of Michelson's experiment cannot produce a diffraction pattern projected on a screen. Experimentally, when two laser beam's intensities are combined, no interference effect is formed on a diffraction screen since the formation of wave interference requires an ether, composed of matter, that does not physically exist. Plus, Michelson and Michelson-Morley ether experiments are testing for the existence of the ether but both experiments are also using the ether to form interfering light waves that are used to produced an interference effect that is used to test for the existence of the ether which is in violation of scientific method. Also, the velocity of light is four order of magnitude greater than the maximum velocity of the ether wind (Vmax = 30,462 m/s) formed by the earth's daily and yearly motions; consequently, the ether wind cannot produce the shift of the interference effect that is used to justify the existence of the ether. In addition, Michelson experiment is based on a constant magnitude of the ether wind but at the surface of the earth, the magnitude of the earth's tangential velocity vector p_x that produces the ether wind is not constant._. At 6:00 pm, the magnitude of the earth's tangential velocity p_x is 462 m/s (fig 11); at 7:00 pm, the magnitude of p_x increases to 5,077 m/s. At midnight, the earth's yearly tangential velocity vector p_x  is 30,462 m/s; consequently, the earth's tangential velocity vector p_x that forms the ether wind increases from 462 m/s to 30,462 m/s (6:00 pm - 12:00 am) yet Lorentz's transformation is based on a constant magnitude of the ether wind since a varying ether wind as time increases would result in a shift of the interference effect.

 

Time                            velocity

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6:00 pm                       462 m/s

7:00 pm                       5,077 m/s

8:00 pm                       10,154 m/s

9:00 pm                       15,231 m/s

10:00 pm                     20,308 m/s

11:00 pm                     25,385 m/s

12:00 am                     30,462 m/s

 

Are the values of the velocities correct?

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[DimaMazin]

Ether wind experimentaly doesn't change light fraquency therefore it is completaly usless. 

Also it doesn't change speed of light.

Edited November 8, 2017 by DimaMazin

[Mordred]

Why didn't you include the article your quoting from?

Giving a page number without the reference is useless to us