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The arago experiment as a test for modern ether theories and special relativity.
Il Nuovo Cimento B Series 11, 1986 Classical ether theories and special relativity predict different results for the experiment of Arago. This consists in observing deviations of starlight, when refracting through a prism and then through air. Apparently, Arago's experiment indicates a nonnull result since he observed, for different stars, different deviation differences.
G. Contreras, Gianfranco Spavieri
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A modified Lorentz theory as a test theory of special relativity
Foundations of Physics Letters, 1988 A modified Lorentz theory (MLT) based on the generalized Galilean transformation has recently received attention. In the framework of MLT, some explicit formulas dealing with the one-way velocity of light, slow-clock transport and the Doppler effect are derived in this paper. Several typical experiments are analyzed on this basis. The results show that
Douglas G. Torr, D. R. Gagnon, T. Chang
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A test theory of special relativity: III. Second-order tests
General Relativity and Gravitation, 1977 Various second-order optical tests of special relativity are discussed within the framework of the test theory developed previously. Owing to the low accuracy of the Kennedy-Thorndike experiment, the Lorentz contraction is known by direct experiments only to an accuracy of a few percent. To improve this-accuracy several experiments are suggested.
Roman U. Sexl, Reza Mansouri
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A test theory of special relativity: I. Simultaneity and clock synchronization
General Relativity and Gravitation, 1977 The role of convention in various definitions of clock synchronization and simultaneity is investigated. We show that two principal methods of synchronization can be considered: system internal and system external synchronization. Synchronization by the Einstein procedure and by slow clock transport turn out to be equivalent if and only if the time ...
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A test theory of special relativity: II. First order tests
General Relativity and Gravitation, 1977 First-order tests of special relativity are based on a comparison of clocks synchronized with the help of slow clock transport with those synchronized by the Einstein procedure. This comparison enables the measurement of the one-way velocity of light and is equivalent to a measurement of the time dilatation factor.
Reza Mansouri, Roman U. Sexl
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A comment on a proposed «crucial experiment» to test Einstein's special theory of relativity [PDF]
Il Nuovo Cimento B Series 11, 1976 A proposed «crucial experiment» to test Einstein's special theory of relativity is analysed and it is shown that it falls into the set of unsatisfactory proposals that attempt to make an experimental distinction between Einstein's special theory of relativity and a «Lorentzian type» special theory of relativity.
V. Buonamano, Waldyr A. Rodrigues
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Theory for a Unidirectional Interferometric Test of Special Relativity
American Journal of Physics, 1971 An early criticism of the experimental background of special relativity theory was that the Michelson-Morley experiment was bidirectional in the moving frame. This experiment did not require that the velocity of light is constant in all Galilean frames, but only that the average to-and-fro velocities are constant. These objections were removed with the
H. Weinberger, M. Mossel
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Generalisation of the test theory of special relativity to non-inertial frames [PDF]
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 1989 The authors present a generalised test theory of special relativity, using a non-inertial frame. Within the framework of the special theory of relativity the transport and Einstein synchronisations are equivalent on a rigidly rotating disc. But in any theory with a preferred frame, such an equivalence does not hold.
R Mansouri +2 more
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Proceedings of the Physical Society, 1965 In a recent paper Furth has proposed an experiment in which he predicts that a positive result of first order in v/c will be observed, caused by the difference in local time of two observers in uniform relative motion. It is shown that, if the special theory is correct, the phenomenon predicted by Furth would not be observed.
J R Wormald
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How to test the special theory of relativity on the rotating earth
Physics Letters A, 1988 Abstract In the framework of a one-parameter test theory of special relativity, the difference between transport and Einstein synchronization on the rotating earth is calculated. For the special theory of relativity this difference vanishes. Therefore, experiments in which these synchronization procedures are compared test the special theory of ...
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