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One Way Light Speed Measurement – Experimental Proof of Light Speed Isotropy

There is a rather small number of experiments designed to test one way light speed isotropy. The reason for the small number is the higher degree of difficulty in imagining and conducting such experiments. A very good analysis of such experiments is given by C.M.Will in 1. The small number of such experiments enhances the concern when one of them is proven incorrect. In the following paper we will analyze the experiment conducted by Gagnon2. Our paper is a rather unusual and unique one: in the first part of the paper we will show that while the experimental data is valid, the theory behind the experiment is flawed. In the second half of the paper we will show how the corrected theoretical foundation can be used to recover this very valuable experiment.

Reenactments of the Michelson-Morley Experiment in Non-Vacuum Media

Alternative explanations to the Michelson-Morley exist and continue to be produced. In the current paper we will deal with a relatively recent reinterpretation1,4 of the experiment. The authors of the paper in cause claim that the original data of the experiment has been misinterpreted by generations of physicists due to overlooking the effect of immersing the interferometer in a medium with a refractive index n greater than 1. Our paper is organized as follows: in the background section we will give the correct expressions for the relativistic light speed in arbitrary media. We will follow by explaining the correct equations of the Michelson-Morley experiment in medium with n greater than 1. In the third section we will outline the errors in 1,4 . KEYWORDS: Alternative theories to Special Relativity, Michelson_Morley experiment, Fizeau equations, refractive index,

Strong reason for higher speed reenactments of the Ives-Stilwell

A Special Theory of Relativity (STR) test theory is a generalization of the Lorentz transforms using additional parameters. One can then analyze experiments using the test theory instead of STR and fit the parameters of the test theory to the experimental results. If the fitted parameter values differ significantly from the values corresponding to STR, then the experiment is inconsistent with STR. But more normally, such fits can show how well a given experiment confirms or disagrees with STR and what is its experimental accuracy. This gives a general and tractable method of analysis which can be common to multiple experiments. In the following paper we will argue for an unorthodox way of detecting high order effects via an increased speed reenactment of the Ives Stilwell experiment. We will demonstrate the presence of a high order error term and we will set the experimental conditions for detecting such term. Keywords: RMS, Standard Model, Ives Stilwell experiment, STR, Transverse Doppler Effect

Generalization of Einstein’s Clock Synchronization Rule

The current paper re-derives a generalized version of Einstein’s clock synchronization rule. Much has been written about the fact that Einstein had introduced in his derivation a so-called postulate of linear dependency by employing a Taylor expansion that stopped at the first order term. In the following we will re-derive the same synchronization rule by continuing the expansion to the second term, just proving the original results correct under more general assumptions.