scholarly journals Fundamental Invalidity of all Michelson-Morley Type Experiments

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurcharn S. Sandhu
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Points ◽  
Phase Difference ◽  
Flight Time ◽  
Absolute Space ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Implicit Assumption ◽  
Light Speed ◽  
Absolute Motion ◽  
Null Result ◽  
The Absolute

<p class="1Body">The null result of Michelson-Morley experiment (MMX) laid the foundation of Relativity and rejected the Newtonian notions of absolute space and time. Logically the null result of any experiment cannot be used to reject the hypothesis under test because the null result could also be caused by invalidity of any of the associated assumptions. The basic design of MMX involves an implicit assumption that changes in the photon flight time in axial and transverse beams, induced by the absolute motion of the setup, can be directly correlated with the corresponding changes in the phase of two beams at the exit end of the beam splitter. We show in this paper that this assumed correlation is fundamentally wrong. It is true that the flight time of a photon between two fixed points on the experimental setup does change with absolute motion of the setup and this has been correctly modeled in the MMX design. The instantaneous phase difference in the light beam, between same two points, does not change with absolute motion of the setup. In the MMX design, phase difference between two fixed points on the setup has been calculated on the basis of time interval alone, without taking into account the shift in corresponding positions on the wave due to the absolute motion of the setup. All modern MMX type experiments with electromagnetic resonators are based on erroneous assumption that the resonant frequency ν is proportional to the relative light speed (c±v) rather than the absolute light speed c.</p>

scholarly journals Newton’s Scholium on Time, Space, Place and Motion

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Rynasiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Relative Motion ◽  
Absolute Space ◽  
Absolute Time ◽  
True Motion ◽  
Absolute Motion ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Absolute Quantity ◽  
Rotating Bucket

In the Scholium to the Definitions at the beginning of the Principia, Newton distinguishes absolute time, space, place, and motion from their relative counterparts. He argues that they are indeed ontologically distinct, in that the absolute quantity cannot be reduced to some particular category of the relative, as Descartes had attempted by defining absolute motion to be relative motion with respect to immediately ambient bodies. Newton’s rotating bucket experiment, rather than attempting to show that absolute motion exists, is one of five arguments from the properties, causes, and effects of motion. These arguments attempt to show that no such program can succeed, and thus that true motion can be adequately analyzed only by invoking immovable places, that is, the parts of absolute space.

Comment on the Paper “Absolute Motion Determined from Michelson- Type Experiments in Optical Media” by V. P. Dmitriyev

2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
pp. 791-794
Author(s):  
Adrian Sfarti
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Light Speed ◽  
Optical Media ◽  
Absolute Motion ◽  
Null Result ◽  
Refractive Medium ◽  
Published Paper ◽  
Morley Experiment

Alternative explanations to the Michelson-Morley experiment exist and continue to be produced. In the current paper, we will correct a recently published paper concerning a reenactment of the famous experiment. The author of the paper in cause claims the presence of a non-null result though he did not run any experiment himself. Dmitriyev bases his paper on a paper by Demjanov that has already been retracted by the journal where he originally published (V. V. Demjanov, Phys. Lett. A 374, 1110 (2010)). Our paper is organized as follows: in the background section we will give the correct expressions for the relativistic light speed in arbitrary media as opposed to the incorrect ones given in V. P. Dmitriyev, Z. Naturforsch. 66a, 228 (2011). We will follow by explaining the correct equations of the Michelson-Morley experiment in a refractive medium with n > 1, and we will outline the errors in V. P. Dmitriyev, Z. Naturforsch. 66a, 228 (2011). The non-mainstream claims of detecting ‘absolute motion’ are refuted by both theoretical and experimental data.

PLUME-SPOTTING: DERIVING THE ABSOLUTE MOTION OF HOTSPOTS AND PLATES

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wessel ◽  
◽  
Guillaume Bodinier ◽  
Clinton P. Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Absolute Motion ◽  
The Absolute

A New Method for Phase Difference Estimation Based on Time-Varying Signal Model

2013 ◽  
Vol 333-335 ◽  
pp. 650-655
Author(s):  
Peng Hui Niu ◽  
Yin Lei Qin ◽  
Shun Ping Qu ◽  
Yang Lou
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Phase Difference ◽  
Time Signal ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Signal Model ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Mass Flowmeter ◽  
Coriolis Mass Flowmeter

A new signal processing method for phase difference estimation was proposed based on time-varying signal model, whose frequency, amplitude and phase are time-varying. And then be applied Coriolis mass flowmeter signal. First, a bandpass filtering FIR filter was applied to filter the sensor output signal in order to improve SNR. Then, the signal frequency could be calculated based on short-time frequency estimation. Finally, by short window intercepting, the DTFT algorithm with negative frequency contribution was introduced to calculate the real-time phase difference between two enhanced signals. With the frequency and the phase difference obtained, the time interval of two signals was calculated. Simulation results show that the algorithms studied are efficient. Furthermore, the computation of algorithms studied is simple so that it can be applied to real-time signal processing for Coriolis mass flowmeter.

scholarly journals Paleoenvironmental and paleobiological origins of coccolithophorid genusWatznaueriaemergence during the late Aalenian–early Bajocian

Paleobiology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baptiste Suchéras-Marx ◽  
Emanuela Mattioli ◽  
Fabienne Giraud ◽  
Gilles Escarguel
Keyword(s):  
Marine Invertebrate ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossils ◽  
Calcareous Nannoplankton ◽  
Absolute Abundance ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Relative Abundances ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Oceanic Plates ◽  
Central Atlantic

AbstractThe latest Aalenian–early Bajocian time interval (ca. 171-169 Ma) is marked by a global reorganization of oceanic plates with the Central Atlantic opening and the formation of the Pacific plate. This time interval is also marked by a global geochemical perturbation of δ13C with a negative excursion at the Aalenian/Bajocian boundary and a positive excursion during the early Bajocian. Evolutionary diversifications of marine invertebrate taxa, namely ammonites, radiolarians, and coccolithophorids, are recorded at that time. Concerning coccolithophorids, this interval witnesses the diversification and expansion of the most successful Mesozoic genus:Watznaueria. In this study, we explore the potential environmental, ecological, and biological forcing at the origin ofWatznaueriadiversification and its effect on the coccolith assemblages through quantification of the absolute and relative abundances of calcareous nannofossils in two Middle Jurassic key sections: Cabo Mondego (Portugal) and Chaudon-Norante (France). In both sections, we find an increase in nannofossil absolute abundance and flux at the beginning of the lower Bajocian, coeval with an increase in absolute and relative abundances ofWatznaueriaspp., followed by a plateau in the middle and upper part of the lower Bajocian. The increase ofWatznaueriaspp. is synchronous with a decrease in relative abundance of other major coccolith taxa, whereas the absolute abundance of these species did not decrease. During the climatically driven early Bajocian eutrophication event,Watznaueriaspp. integrated into the calcareous nannoplankton community in two successive evolutionary steps involving firstW. contractaandW. colaccicchii, and secondW. britannicaandW.aff.manivitiae. Step 1 was driven by an increase in niche carrying capacities linked to the early Bajocian eutrophication. Step 2 was driven by specific adaptation of the newly evolvedWatznaueriaspecies to bloom in nutrient-rich environments not exploited before. These evolutionary events have initiated the 100-Myr reign ofWatznaueriaover the calcareous nannoplankton community.

scholarly journals CMF Signal Processing Method Based on Feedback Corrected ANF and Hilbert Transformation

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqing Tu ◽  
Huiyue Yang ◽  
Haitao Zhang ◽  
Xiangyu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Phase Difference ◽  
Hilbert Transformation ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Adaptive Notch Filters ◽  
Difference Calculation ◽  
Value Decomposition

Abstract In this paper, we focus on CMF signal processing and aim to resolve the problems of precision sharp-decline occurrence when using adaptive notch filters (ANFs) for tracking the signal frequency for a long time and phase difference calculation depending on frequency by the sliding Goertzel algorithm (SGA) or the recursive DTFT algorithm with negative frequency contribution. A novel method is proposed based on feedback corrected ANF and Hilbert transformation. We design an index to evaluate whether the ANF loses the signal frequency or not, according to the correlation between the output and input signals. If the signal frequency is lost, the ANF parameters will be adjusted duly. At the same time, singular value decomposition (SVD) algorithm is introduced to reduce noise. And then, phase difference between the two signals is detected through trigonometry and Hilbert transformation. With the frequency and phase difference obtained, time interval of the two signals is calculated. Accordingly, the mass flow rate is derived. Simulation and experimental results show that the proposed method always preserves a constant high precision of frequency tracking and a better performance of phase difference measurement compared with the SGA or the recursive DTFT algorithm with negative frequency contribution

Cosmological Aspects of the Absolute Space‐Time Theory

1996 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Marinov
Keyword(s):  
Space Time ◽  
Absolute Space ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Time Theory

Kant’s Foundations for Newtonian Science

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Immanuel Kant ◽  
Laws Of Nature ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Absolute Space ◽  
Absolute Motion ◽  
Nature Of Matter

Throughout his career, Immanuel Kant was engaged rather closely with Newtonian science. Although Kant adopts many Newtonian principles, most obviously the Newtonian gravitational law, he is also critical of Newton for, among other things, not having provided “metaphysical foundations” for science. Kant’s own attempt to provide such foundations leads him to have a somewhat different picture of the physical world from Newton. This article describes why Kant thought that metaphysical foundations were required and some of the ways this requirement leads Kant toward non-Newtonian views. In particular, it compares and contrasts their views on the nature of matter, force, the laws of nature, and absolute space and absolute motion.

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