Measuring the Own Velocity of Material Bodies in a Vacuum Using A Light Clock

Tadeusz Wajda
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Tadeusz Wajda: Technical uniwersity, Cracow

European Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, vol. 2, issue 5

Abstract: The article presents the principle of light clock operation in terms of the values of the time intervals it generates. The time intervals generated by the light clock are different and depend on the velocity of the clock movement in the vacuum and its orientation in relation to the direction of its movement. The stationary clock will set the shortest time intervals. A clock in motion, oriented transversely, will calculate time intervals longer than the stationary clock. The same light clock in motion, oriented longitudinally, will determine the longest time intervals. In this orientation, the light clock will run at its slowest pace. time intervals generated by the light clock were derived. These relationships were determined based on the principles of classical physics without referring to the theory of relativity and, in particular, its postulates, which are incorrect. It is not time that dilates, but the light clock in motion sets time intervals longer than the stationary clock. The novelty is the discovery that the values of the K coefficients depend not only on the velocity of the clock's movement but also on its orientation in relation to the direction of its movement. Based on these analyzes and findings, a technical way of measuring the own velocity, e.g. a rocket moving in a vacuum with respect to this vacuum, has been submitted, without the need to refer to other material bodies and local reference systems.

Keywords: absolute velocity in vacuum; light clock properties; Lorentz theory; time dilation; relativity theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.24018/ejphysics.2020.2.5.12

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