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Historical aspect of wave theory of light
Huygens thought light as a wave. Wave is a propagation of physical disturbance. We now know that light is electromagnetic field. Electric and magnetic field fluctuates here. What Huygens really ...
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Displacement Current - How to think of it?
What is a good way to think of the displacement current? Maxwell imagined it as being movements in the aether, small changed of electric field producing magnetic field. I don't even understand that ...
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Why cosmic background radiation is not ether?
why cosmic background radiation is not ether? I mean it's everywhere and it' a radiation then we can measure Doppler effect by moving with a velocity.
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Determining Ether Drag - Aberration of Starlight
In order to determine the relative motion between the Earth and the ether (the medium through which light supposedly propagated. It has zero density and complete transparency), scientists used the ...
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Is the curvature of spacetime invariant? Could it be characterized as the ether?
I'm writing a paper for a Philosophy of Science course about GR/SR and I'm wondering if I can (1) characterize the curvature of spacetime as invariant and (2) argue that this is what Einstein referred ...
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What is light, and how can it travel in a vacuum forever in all directions at once without a medium?
I know there are many questions that are similar (maybe identical?). I am not a physicist nor a student - I am just interested in physics and have been watching many physics channels on youtube ...
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Is a preferred reference frame of the universe the old aether?
About two years ago I posted a question about a symmetrical twin paradox: Here.
Recently a new answer was posted and an intense discussion ensued: Here.
One of the points discussed concerns a ...
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Could we have assumed the speed of light to be different in different reference frames?
Ptolemy's model of universe assumes that our earth is the static center of universe and everything else move relative to it (ref: The grand design ch:3). This model would give us a consistent picture ...
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The notion called aether
I am trying to learn relativity theory and going through an introductory text on special relativity. I stumbled on the Michelson-Morley experiment. The book claims (accounts) that the result of this ...
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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.
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How does Higgs field relate to Aether theories?
I am an amateur learning about the Higgs because I was interested in what the LHC's purpose is.
I read that as a particle passes through space, it is actually passing through a Higgs field and there ...
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Does the efficiency of radiation change in any way in the presence of a medium?
I've read that radiation doesn't really require a medium. But if you're taking, for example, the sun's light, then does its efficiency of transmission increase or decrease once it reaches the earth's ...
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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 ...
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Is it correct to say that electromagnetic waves does not require a medium?
I can conceive of a particle existing in empty spacetime, but not a wave. A wave appears to me at least, to insist upon a medium for its very definition.
I understand that the 19C physicists ...
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Why has the ether been disregarded as a valid medium through which light can propagate? [duplicate]
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Ether theory acceptance
Although the Einstein's theory of relativity seemed to make the concept of an ether obsolete, did it necessarily invalidate it? Are there any ...
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Why don't electromagnetic waves require a medium?
As I understand it, electromagnetic waves have two components which are the result of each other, i.e., when a moving electric charge creates a changing magnetic field at point X then a changing ...
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Can photons and gluons be holes in an aether?
Consider photons and gluons have 0 mass and 0 charge. In many respects they're already understood as the absence of a particle by mathematical models. Couldn't this be interpreted to mean they ...
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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.
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The Higgs field a new Luminiferous aether?
As of this writing it has been made clear to me that classical physics' Luminiferous aether was a terriblly poor discriptor of space. With the advent of Special Relativity and General Relativity, that ...
