Arago (1810): The first experimental result against the ether

Ninety five years before special relativity was born, Arago attempted to detect the absolute motion of the Earth by measuring the deflection of starlight passing through a prism fixed to the Earth. The null result of this experiment gave rise to Fresnel's hypothesis of an ether partly dragged b...

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Autores principales: Ferraro, R., Sforza, D.M.
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Earth (planet)
Lenses
Light velocity
Mathematical models
Optical telescopes
Prisms
Refractive index
Wavefronts
Fresnel hypothesis
Lumiferous ether
Relativity
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01430807_v26_n1_p195_Ferraro
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spelling todo:paper_01430807_v26_n1_p195_Ferraro2023-10-03T14:59:12Z Arago (1810): The first experimental result against the ether Ferraro, R. Sforza, D.M. Earth (planet) Lenses Light velocity Mathematical models Optical telescopes Prisms Refractive index Wavefronts Fresnel hypothesis Lumiferous ether Relativity Ninety five years before special relativity was born, Arago attempted to detect the absolute motion of the Earth by measuring the deflection of starlight passing through a prism fixed to the Earth. The null result of this experiment gave rise to Fresnel's hypothesis of an ether partly dragged by a moving substance. In the context of Einstein's relativity, the sole frame which is privileged in Arago's experiment is the proper frame of the prism, and the null result only says that Snell's law is valid in that frame. We revisit the history of this premature first evidence against the ether theory and calculate Fresnel's dragging coefficient by applying Huygens' construction in the frame of the prism. We expose the dissimilar treatment received by the ray and the wavefront as an unavoidable consequence of the classical notions of space and time. © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01430807_v26_n1_p195_Ferraro
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topic Earth (planet)
Lenses
Light velocity
Mathematical models
Optical telescopes
Prisms
Refractive index
Wavefronts
Fresnel hypothesis
Lumiferous ether
Relativity
spellingShingle Earth (planet)
Lenses
Light velocity
Mathematical models
Optical telescopes
Prisms
Refractive index
Wavefronts
Fresnel hypothesis
Lumiferous ether
Relativity
Ferraro, R.
Sforza, D.M.
Arago (1810): The first experimental result against the ether
topic_facet Earth (planet)
Lenses
Light velocity
Mathematical models
Optical telescopes
Prisms
Refractive index
Wavefronts
Fresnel hypothesis
Lumiferous ether
Relativity
description Ninety five years before special relativity was born, Arago attempted to detect the absolute motion of the Earth by measuring the deflection of starlight passing through a prism fixed to the Earth. The null result of this experiment gave rise to Fresnel's hypothesis of an ether partly dragged by a moving substance. In the context of Einstein's relativity, the sole frame which is privileged in Arago's experiment is the proper frame of the prism, and the null result only says that Snell's law is valid in that frame. We revisit the history of this premature first evidence against the ether theory and calculate Fresnel's dragging coefficient by applying Huygens' construction in the frame of the prism. We expose the dissimilar treatment received by the ray and the wavefront as an unavoidable consequence of the classical notions of space and time. © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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author Ferraro, R.
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title Arago (1810): The first experimental result against the ether
title_short Arago (1810): The first experimental result against the ether
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title_fullStr Arago (1810): The first experimental result against the ether
title_full_unstemmed Arago (1810): The first experimental result against the ether
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