A theory on measuring the one-way speed of light and a method of verifying the invariance of light speed
The measurement of one-way speed of light has remained an unsolved physical problem for a long time. The reason is that people were entrapped in the thinking pattern formed in low speed measurement, i.e., the one-way speed measurement relied on a synchronization signal with higher speed to synchroni...
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| Published in | Physics essays Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 294 - 300 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Physics Essays Publication
01.06.2011
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISSN | 0836-1398 |
| DOI | 10.4006/1.3579492 |
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| Summary: | The measurement of one-way speed of light has remained an unsolved physical problem for a long time. The reason is that people were entrapped in the thinking pattern formed in low speed measurement, i.e., the one-way speed measurement relied on a synchronization signal with higher speed to synchronize the distant clock. The authors break this pattern with a new theory and experiment method, in which the light propagating in one direction is not only treated as a quantity to be measured but also as a time standard and a clock synchronization signal, which can avoid the infinite error and the logic circle of distant clock synchronization in the former method, thereby presenting the possibility to measure one-way speed of light and verify the isotropy of light speed. © 2011 Physics Essays Publication. [DOI: 10.4006/1.3579492] |
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| Bibliography: | 0836-1398(20110601)24:2L.294;1- |
| ISSN: | 0836-1398 |
| DOI: | 10.4006/1.3579492 |