Does ether exist, this kind of ocean in which light waves roll? And, as we assume, keeping the shadows of the past quite fresh, forever? Lets bring a revision of physics. Michelson-Morley interferometer. The beam is divided by a translucent mirror. One of them goes towards the stream of ether, then back. Its speed changes. The second is perpendicular to the flow and therefore serves as a standard of speed. If the speeds do not match, the interference pattern will change. In the figure below on the left, the author imagines that the position that the rays pass strictly perpendicular paths is incorrect. During the stroke along the arms of the interferometer, the rays are deflected by the ether stream. The detector receives waves initially deflected towards the ether stream. The scheme for constructing a real interference pattern is much more complicated than Michelsons drawings. In addition, according to the reasoning about the Mössbauer effect, only light with a standard C speed of 300,000 km is clearly observed. from. Figure above the interferometer. The authors experience. The deflection of the laser beam, presumably due to entrainment by the ether. If the ether is carried away by light, with the specified parameters, the flow velocity of the medium is 100 km. from. This value is in good agreement with the speed of the Earths revolution around the center of the Galaxy, 200220 km. with.. Why didnt you notice earlier? When operating laser communication systems, the system is zeroed automatically or manually. This rule is considered the norm. A more plausible explanation. During the day, the air in the room where the experiments are carried out warms up. The air lens distorts the beam.
Two similar outdoor experiences. Determination of beam deflection (brightness is not considered due to external uneven illumination). Directions North, East, South, West, origin North
We go out into the fresh air and continue our experiments. Some researchers believe that the ether can be slowed down, and completely brought into a state of relative rest, by such an obstacle as a simple window glass.
The result is the same in both cases. Within a few minutes after switching on, the laser beam goes down by 1, 5 2 millimeters.
All this, coupled with the oddities of the device settings, which would take too long to talk about here, leads to the idea that one should look for the reasons elsewhere. To do this, you need to take a step aside.
Searching for light. Step to the side
The basic idea is that the laser beam experiences a kind of attraction from a plane-parallel surface. In this case, the surface of the bar. Or the floor of the room. And with gravitational attraction there is no kinship here.
Physics textbooks initially have serious questions. What is the width of a visible light photon? Officially half of its wavelength. That is, two ten-thousandths of a millimeter. However, light is deflected by interference gratings and just tenths of a millimeter holes. The difference is a thousand times. What makes a photon feel the presence of atoms at the edge of an obstacle? What long-range action do these forces have? Has anyone checked whether the photons are deflected by the edge of the screen, located at a distance from the beam one millimeter centimeter, or maybe a meter? Does the interaction take place right away, or does it take time for preliminary adjustment of light and matter?
As said, these experiments are a step aside. They were carried out without enthusiasm. But, nevertheless, they gave food for thought.
Diffraction classics. Diffraction from a thin wire, round hole, round opaque screen. Note the discrete, cluster pattern of light diffracted by the wire.
Most of all, when preparing for new experiments, I was interested in the nature of interference. How so? Do light waves collapse in superposition? Are they annihilating, or what? Physics textbooks tell about this rather vaguely. No, they do not disappear. The energy conservation law is in order. The strength of the waves from the dark part of the screen appears in the light one.
Once again, comrades academicians sorry, we did not understand. Here, these are your drawings. The course of the electromagnetic waves is clearly shown here. They are in the dark zone there are! But they are not visible. From the word absolutely. Where did they go?
And the fairy tale about the white bull begins all over again.
Leaving aside the subject of long-range action of the edges of obstacles for later, I decided to take a closer look at the interference.
The paradigm of modern science light and dark zones of the interference pattern are formed by superposition of electromagnetic waves. There are serious questions here (see above). Why not imagine that the edges of objects themselves distribute the light in their chosen directions? Well, or, forgive me, the clouds of ether accumulated near them. In bodies there is a discrete distribution of microparticles elementary emitters. They can deflect the beam in selected directions, creating only the appearance of interference. Is there nothing to do with classical superposition?..