Version 1
: Received: 29 August 2022 / Approved: 29 August 2022 / Online: 29 August 2022 (07:38:59 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 9 January 2023 / Approved: 11 January 2023 / Online: 11 January 2023 (04:44:23 CET)
Version 3
: Received: 18 January 2023 / Approved: 19 January 2023 / Online: 19 January 2023 (04:18:19 CET)
Version 4
: Received: 22 February 2023 / Approved: 22 February 2023 / Online: 22 February 2023 (02:52:27 CET)
How to cite:
Dambi Filipescu, F. Reflection of Light as a Mechanical Phenomenon Applied to the Michelson Interferometer with Light from the Sun. Preprints2022, 2022080472. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0472.v3
Dambi Filipescu, F. Reflection of Light as a Mechanical Phenomenon Applied to the Michelson Interferometer with Light from the Sun. Preprints 2022, 2022080472. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0472.v3
Dambi Filipescu, F. Reflection of Light as a Mechanical Phenomenon Applied to the Michelson Interferometer with Light from the Sun. Preprints2022, 2022080472. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0472.v3
APA Style
Dambi Filipescu, F. (2023). Reflection of Light as a Mechanical Phenomenon Applied to the Michelson Interferometer with Light from the Sun. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0472.v3
Chicago/Turabian Style
Dambi Filipescu, F. 2023 "Reflection of Light as a Mechanical Phenomenon Applied to the Michelson Interferometer with Light from the Sun" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0472.v3
Abstract
The Sun is a frame at relative rest where its light travels at the emitted speed c. Earth travels at the revolving speed v in this frame. The reflection of light as a mechanical phenomenon applies to the modified Michelson interferometer employed by Miller in his experiments with light from the Sun. Unlike the Tomaschek experiments, which use light from stars that may travel in the Universe at velocities different from that of the Sun, the fringe shifts in the Miller experiments are predictable. Based on Michelson's derivation, Miller expected in his experiments at Mount Wilson a 1.12 fringe shift and observed a fringe shift of 0.08 in 1921 and 0.088 in 1925. The reflection of light as a mechanical phenomenon predicts zero fringe shift for Miller's experiment agreeing only with his observations at the Cleveland laboratory in 1824.
Keywords
geometrical optics; speed of light; reflection of light; elastic collision ball-wall; modified Michelson interferometer
Subject
Physical Sciences, Optics and Photonics
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
19 January 2023
Commenter:
Filip Dambi
Commenter's Conflict of Interests:
Author
Comment:
The third version presents a more complex derivation of the fringe shift, considering Earth's speed around its axis. The effect of Earth's spin is negligible. The conclusions of this version are identical to those of version 2.
Commenter: Filip Dambi
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
The conclusions of this version are identical to those of version 2.