Relativistic aberration of light as a corollary of relativity of simultaneity

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2004-09-02

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0409013v4

Eur.J.Phys. 27 (2006) 703-708

Physics

Optics

10 pages, 4 figures, LATEX, a thorough revision of the first part of the older version; the second part that deals with aberra

Scientific paper

10.1088/0143-0807/27/4/002

A new derivation of the relativistic aberration formula for a plane-polarized light wave is presented that does not require any use of the Lorentz transformation. The method is based on a modification of the Huygens-Fresnel principle to include the relativistic effects introduced by the relative motion between the observer and the emitter. The derivation clearly shows that the aberration formula is a direct consequence of the relative simultaneity.

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