On the Michelson-Morley experiment |
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Authors: | Marco Mamone Capria Fernanda Pambianco |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy |
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Abstract: | A rigorous wave-theoretic approach to the Michelson-Morley (M-M) experiment is presented, with special emphasis on the Huygens' principle derivation of the laws of reflection by a moving mirror. A detailed discussion of the Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction hypothesis (CH) is included. Several mistakes appearing in the standard textbook treatments of these issues are pointed out, and a number of related historical questions are considered. |
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