The Rod Contraction-Clock Retardation Ether Theory and the Special Theory of Relativity
1973; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 41; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1119/1.1987474
ISSN1943-2909
Autores Tópico(s)History and Developments in Astronomy
ResumoThis paper is a historical and critical review of an ether theory which starts with rod contraction and clock retardation, and a comparison between this ether theory and the special theory of relativity. The two theories are generally equivalent since they both lead to the Lorentz transformation equations. The possibility of an experimental difference between the two theories may lie in a one-way experiment, and this subject is briefly explored with the tentative conclusion that so far it seems that no one has made a specific proposal for such a crucial one-way experiment nor has anyone conclusively demonstrated the impossibility of such a test.
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