The Speed of Light is Not Constant

Discussion in 'Alternative Theories' started by Farsight, Feb 23, 2014.

  1. river

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    So the mathematics say

    But what of the PRACTICAL

    arbitrary Sagnac device

    The experiment by Sagnac was a real experiment
     
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  3. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    river doing the river thing again.....grasping at straws.

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  5. river

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    Hmmm....

    Straws is it

    Your response has no substance
     
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  7. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    http://www.researchgate.net/publica...nac_effect_correct_and_incorrect_explanations
    ABSTRACT Different explanations for the Sagnac effect are discussed. It is shown that this effect is a consequence of the relativistic law of velocity composition and that it can also be explained adequately within the framework of general relativity. When certain restrictions on the rotational velocity are imposed, the Sagnac effect can be attributed to the difference in the time dilation (or phase change) of material particle wave functions in the scalar (or correspondingly vector) gravitational potential of the inertial forces in a rotating reference system for counterpropagating waves. It is also shown that all the nonrelativistic interpretations of the Sagnac effect, which are unfortunately sometimes found in scientific papers, monographs and textbooks, are wrong in principle, even though the results they yield are accurate up to relativistic corrections in some special cases.



    Don't worry river, it's always nice to see you and wearing your anti establishment heart on your sleeve.
    Brings a tear to one's eye and a lump to one's throat.

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  8. river

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    Interesting

    When certain restrictions on the rotational velocity are imposed

    Hmmmmm....
     
  9. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    When certain restrictions on the rotational velocity are imposed the Sagnac effect can be attributed to the difference in the time dilation (or phase change) of material particle wave functions in the scalar (or correspondingly vector) gravitational potential of the inertial forces in a rotating reference system for counterpropagating waves.
     
  10. river

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    Can be ....but in reality are they ?
     
  11. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    You are making the claim...The onus is on you to show they do not.
    In other words, please show us an experiment which conclusively shows that the speed of light is not constant.
    I'm waiting.

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  12. river

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    Sagnac experiment
     
  13. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    No, there are other possibilities...read both my links.
     
  14. latecurtis Registered Member

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    Please explain how an objects mass increases as it nears the speed of light. What would you see if the object were a space ship and you were close to it
     
  15. latecurtis Registered Member

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    What would you see if you were close to a spacecraft that was going close to the speed of light when its mass starts to increase
     
  16. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    From any remote FoR, you would see the a clock on the ship, ticking slower, and the ship would appear shorter in the direction of travel, and if you could weigh it, it would be heavier.
     
  17. OnlyMe Valued Senior Member

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    Its mass does not increase. Its momentum increases. The now old and often misunderstood concept of relativistic mass, is misleading, in a lay context.., and best avoided.

    It is best to stay with rest mass and momentum, in discussion. Rest mass is constant and momentum is relative to frame of reference.
     
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  18. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    You wouldn't see anything unusual if you were travelling along beside that space ship, matching it's speed, because this is an effect of relative velocities. So, you'd have to look at it or otherwise interact with it as it raced past you at a good fraction of the speed of light.

    I suppose that, in theory, you could try giving it a push as it raced past (or try to stop it), and measure the effect of the applied force on the object's motion. What you'd find is that your push produces less acceleration of the spaceship than when it is going at low speed. That is, the spaceship acts as if it has more inertia.
     
  19. OnlyMe Valued Senior Member

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    I am no longer certain that inertia in a relativistic context is an entirely accurate term... Because it would take less force to reduce its velocity by a given amount than it would to accelerate by the same amount. Which would suggest that the spaceship has more inertia in one direction, the direction of its motion.., than in any other direction. This may be a situation similar to rest mass, relativistic mass and momentum.

    At classical velocities inertia is isotropic for all changes in velocity. Where at relativistic velocities it takes more added force to accelerate, than it does to decelerate.
     

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