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John C. Polasek: MMX, right angles and the heart (21-Dec-2002) |
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The MM experiment ostensibly tested for the vector addition of orbital velocity and c, computing time differences from interference fringes. The reason they could not detect an ether or ether wind is that vector addition does not apply, at least not linearly. The velocity of light is always at right angles with any velocity we can come up with, and consequently you are drawing a right angle triangle which is identical upstream or downstream. This is the heart of the Lorentz contraction, which is erroneously considered to shrink the test bed in the direction of the velocity. Nothing needs to shrink. The two "velocities" are always orthogonal. Mr. Dual Space (If you have something to say, write an equation. If you have nothing to say, write an essay). |
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