Huygens' construction in a dispersive medium moving at a constant velocity

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We extend the method of Huygens' construction in a uniformly moving optical medium [Am. J. Phys. 72, 934 (2004)] to the case when the medium is dispersive in its rest frame of reference. The first-order Huygens' construction analysis of the light drag in a transversely moving dispersive slab is in agreement with the results of the experiment by Jones (1975) and with the Player-Rogers formula for the downstream deflection of the beam. The derivation purports that the original Huygens' principle remains valid in non-stationary situations if it is modified to include the relativistic effects on the secondary wavelets caused by the motion of the medium.
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Optics, Classical Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/141437

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https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0585
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