Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2011-03-31
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Revised arguments in abstarct, sections 2, 3, 4 and 5. 29 pages, 11 figures, submitted for publication
Scientific paper
The isotropy of the speed of light - the fundamental postulate of Special Relativity (SR) constrains conceptions of time, space and the existence of a preferred cosmological reference frame. Consequently, this phenomenon has been subject to considerable experimental scrutiny. Most isotropy tests are two-way Michelson-Morley type tests which established the isotropy of the two-way speed in 1881. These approaches provide no experimental limit for the one-way (single-trip) isotropy of the speed of light which is still unresolved. Here we consider Fizeau-type experiments to test the isotropy of the one-way speed of light. Our theoretical and experimental design suggests that our approach is 2600 times more sensitive than that of previous Fizeau-type experiments and 2000 times more sensitive than Michelson-Morley type two-way tests. We present our experimental methodology as well as initial calibration results for our experimental apparatus.
Ahmed Farid Md.
Quine Brendan M.
Sargoytchev Stoyan
Stauffer A. D.
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