Another Test of the Light Speed Invariance Postulate

In a paper in 1910 Tolman pointed out that the light speed invariance postulate of special relativity requires that the time for light to traverse a fixed distance between two points is independent of the movement of those points relative to the light source. The range equation of the GPS is used to...

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Published inModern applied science Vol. 5; no. 6; p. 152
Main Author Gift, Stephan Joseph
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.2011
Subjects
Frames
Inertial
Invariance
Light sources
Light speed
Mathematical analysis
Relativity
Straight lines
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ISSN1913-1844
1913-1852
1913-1852
DOI10.5539/mas.v5n6p152

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Abstract In a paper in 1910 Tolman pointed out that the light speed invariance postulate of special relativity requires that the time for light to traverse a fixed distance between two points is independent of the movement of those points relative to the light source. The range equation of the GPS is used to directly test this proposition. This equation has been rigorously tested and verified in the Earth-Centred Inertial frame where light signals propagate in straight lines at constant speed c. The result is a simple demonstration of light speed variation that is consistent ith light speed variation detected in other experiments and inconsistent with the light speed invariance postulate.
AbstractList In a paper in 1910 Tolman pointed out that the light speed invariance postulate of special relativity requires that the time for light to traverse a fixed distance between two points is independent of the movement of those points relative to the light source. The range equation of the GPS is used to directly test this proposition. This equation has been rigorously tested and verified in the Earth-Centred Inertial frame where light signals propagate in straight lines at constant speed c. The result is a simple demonstration of light speed variation that is consistent ith light speed variation detected in other experiments and inconsistent with the light speed invariance postulate.
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Invariance
Light sources
Light speed
Mathematical analysis
Relativity
Straight lines
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