Modern Physics

Relativity

Pre-Newtonian views of space

http://www.jimloy.com/cindy/ptolemy.htm

http://physics.syr.edu/courses/java/demos/k

ennett/Epicycle/Epicycle.html

Neptune’s discovery

(Wikipedia)

Waves propagate by displacing a medium.

Waves propagate in the medium at one and only one velocity.

The luminiferous ether.

Galilean Transformation:

Relativity of rectilinear motion.

Early measurements of the speed of light:

The role of Jupiter’s moons.

Fizeau’s experiment regarding

drag of the ether.

Stellar

aberration and

the ether

Measuring the speed of light (Phys 3650 method):

Waves propagate by displacing a medium.

Waves propagate in the medium at one and only one velocity.

To test the idea, we will need to understand the concept of the interference of light.

Let’s review Young’s classical double slit experiment:

Michelson-Morley experiment

Interference of light and 2-slit experiment

http://vsg.quasihome.com/interfer.htm

Michelson interferometer:

http://www.ub.edu/javaoptics/applets/Mi

chelEn.html

Michelson-Morley: Vector addition of velocities.

World lines

Lorentz Transformation: Velocities

The GPS system and Relativity