All Questions
Tagged with aether experimental-physics
12
questions
7
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Why didn't Michelson and Morley assume or conclude that aether is homogenous and permeate all of space?
In the Michelson-Morley experiment, why didn't they assume or conclude that ether is homogeneous and permeate all of space instead of coming from an unspecified source or direction dubbed the ether ...
- 13k
1
vote
0
answers
76
views
Logistics of Recreating the Michaelson-Morley Experiment
I want to recreate the Michaelson-Morley Experiment and am wondering how technically challenging it would be. I'm not looking for it to be super precise, just good enough to provide reasonable ...
- 31
2
votes
0
answers
58
views
LIGO's upper-bound on the Michelson-Morley null result?
LIGO is essentially a Michelson-Morley experiment. What is its measured upper-bound on the fringe shift?
The most recent Michel-Morley experiment "Michelson–Morley experiment#Subsequent ...
- 2,136
4
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Does Michelson-Morley experiment really disprove the existence of aether?
In the MM experiment, the speed of one light beam was supposed to slow down as it moved against the flow of aether, but when it bounced off the mirror, it would be moving in the opposite direction--...
- 151
7
votes
4
answers
2k
views
Why did Michelson believe the aether was moving?
If a wave moves east towards California the wave-motion would be slower north-south. Is this the kind of way they were thinking about the aether as medium for light, of what was later, by Lorentz, ...
user205324
8
votes
1
answer
583
views
Why do the Michelson-Morley (1887) & Michelson-Gale (1925) experiments both measure non-zero fringe shifts?
As I mentioned in "Why is the Michelson-Morley experiment considered a null-result?", the 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment placed an upper bound on the fringe displacement of about 0.01 or 0....
- 2,136
3
votes
2
answers
908
views
Why is the Michelson-Morley experiment considered a null-result?
The Michelson-Morley experiment did not seem to be a null-result. Here is what Michelson and Morey say in their 1887 paper:
the displacement to be expected was 0.4 fringe. The actual displacement was ...
- 2,136
0
votes
0
answers
162
views
Einstein vs Standard Model on universal rest frame? Hasn't an experiment like this already been done?
As background:
Is there a resting frame in the universe? A proposed experimental test based on a precise measurement of particle mass
Does the universe have a rest frame?
From the second article: "...
-2
votes
1
answer
542
views
Constancy of the speed of light in the hypotenuse of the triangle in the Michelson and Morley experiment [closed]
In Michelson and Morley experiment, Michelson calculated that the total time traveled by light with respect to the stationary observer standing at ether field was $2L/c$.
Here, Michelson followed ...
0
votes
2
answers
8k
views
What were the intention/conclusions for Michelson-Morley experiment?
Which of the following were the intentions of M&M?
to disprove the existence of aether.
to show that the aether has no effect on matter and energy and therefore is as good as non-existent.
Feel ...
2
votes
1
answer
441
views
Can Mirror box simulate long light travel?
Imagine that there is a cube box that has mirrors all 6 faces in . If we use a strong laser and enter in the box from a small hole on the box. The laser light travels in the box long time that we can ...
- 521
7
votes
5
answers
5k
views
About the Ether Theory acceptance
Why was the Ether Theory refused by Modern Physics? If you please explain me, I just wanted to understand it more.
- 231