Aether Theory and the Principle of Relativity
| dc.creator | Levy, Joseph | |
| dc.date | 2006-07-07 | |
| dc.date | 2008-03-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:28:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:28:42Z | |
| dc.description | This paper completes and comments on some aspects of our previous publications. In ref [1], we have derived a set of space-time transformations referred to as the extended space-time transformations. These transformations, which assume the existence of a preferred aether frame and the variability of the one-way speed of light in the other frames, are compared to the Lorentz-Poincare transformations. We demonstrate that the extended transformations can be converted into a set of equations that have a similar mathematical form to the Lorentz-Poincare transformations, but which differ from them in that they connect reference frames whose co-ordinates are altered by the systematic unavoidable measurement distortions due to length contraction and clock retardation and by the usual synchronization procedures, a fact that the conventional approaches of relativity do not show. As a result, we confirm that the relativity principle is not a fundamental principle of physics [i.e, it does not rigorously apply in the physical world when the true co-ordinates are used]. It is contingent but seems to apply provided that the distorted coordinates are used. The apparent invariance of the speed of light also results from the measurement distortions. The space-time transformations relating experimental data, therefore, conceal hidden variables which deserved to be disclosed for a deeper understanding of physics. | |
| dc.description | PDF, 14 pages, 1 figure. This paper provides additional information to the article "Basic concepts for a fundamental aether theory" ArXiv physics/0604207. The present version is supplemented by developments which further explain the conclusions drawn in the previous version | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0607067 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0607067 | |
| dc.identifier | Ether space-time and cosmology, Michael C. Duffy and Joseph Levy Editors, March 2008 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/157520 | |
| dc.subject | General Physics | |
| dc.title | Aether Theory and the Principle of Relativity | |
| dc.type | text |