Reinterpretation of the Michelson-Morley experiment and its consequences for cosmology

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=OFLqUCHXO9" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=OFLqUCHXO9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217732325501597" target="_blank" >10.1142/S0217732325501597</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Reinterpretation of the Michelson-Morley experiment and its consequences for cosmology

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Michelson-Morley (MM) interferometric experiment (Michelson and Morley [Am. J. Sci. 34, 333 (1887), doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-34.203.333]) is one of the most pivotal experiments in modern physics, originally designed to detect a hypothesized anisotropy in the speed of light in vacuum due to aether drift. Contrary to this expectation, we show that the MM-type experiments are inherently incapable of detecting such drift. Their null result arises naturally from the Doppler effect acting on the interfering light beams, even in a frame moving relative to the aether. Consequently, the existence of aether cannot be excluded by these experiments. This interpretation remains consistent with Einstein&apos;s postulate of the constancy of the speed of light in vacuum, provided phase velocity, rather than group (signal) velocity, is considered. Our findings align with modern astrophysical and cosmological observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which strongly suggest the existence of a preferred stationary reference frame. This reinterpretation of the MM experiment also resolves well-known paradoxes in Special Relativity.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Reinterpretation of the Michelson-Morley experiment and its consequences for cosmology

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Michelson-Morley (MM) interferometric experiment (Michelson and Morley [Am. J. Sci. 34, 333 (1887), doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-34.203.333]) is one of the most pivotal experiments in modern physics, originally designed to detect a hypothesized anisotropy in the speed of light in vacuum due to aether drift. Contrary to this expectation, we show that the MM-type experiments are inherently incapable of detecting such drift. Their null result arises naturally from the Doppler effect acting on the interfering light beams, even in a frame moving relative to the aether. Consequently, the existence of aether cannot be excluded by these experiments. This interpretation remains consistent with Einstein&apos;s postulate of the constancy of the speed of light in vacuum, provided phase velocity, rather than group (signal) velocity, is considered. Our findings align with modern astrophysical and cosmological observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which strongly suggest the existence of a preferred stationary reference frame. This reinterpretation of the MM experiment also resolves well-known paradoxes in Special Relativity.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Modern Physics Letters A

ISSN

0217-7323

e-ISSN

1793-6632

Svazek periodika

40

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

34

Stát vydavatele periodika

SG - Singapurská republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

2550159

Kód UT WoS článku

001576813600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105017176363