To: Oberon
If the cosmic microwave background radiation is "stationary" we can detect motion relative to it in the dipole anistropy: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/cosmology/cbr.html
It all comes down to the nature of space. Is it a vacuum, a fluid or what else? If there are effects produced by motion relative to absolute space then yes. If one could measure the one way speed of light in every direction, this may show absolute motion through non congruent light paths (very similar to the Sagnac effect, except in a linear translation).
To: Gary Boldwater
It all comes down to the nature of space. Is it a vacuum, a fluid or what else? If there are effects produced by motion relative to absolute space then yes. If one could measure the one way speed of light in every direction, this may show absolute motion through non congruent light paths (very similar to the Sagnac effect, except in a linear translation). What would the implications be, then, for a relativistic understanding of the universe? Would Lorentz calculations require adjustment based on absolute velocity, then?
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07/01/2003 2:48:06 PM PDT by
Oberon
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