How many of you people like me dont accept relativity?
Has it been confirmed that the speed of light is independent of the motion of its source? If yes what was the experiment if you know!
2007-03-30 04:44:54 · 6 answers · asked by Chaste 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I have been getting the answers to my first question but what abt the rest?
2007-03-30 05:03:19 · update #1
General and special relativity are extremely well confirmed (to many significant figures) in so many ways I don't know where to start. If relativity is wrong, it's on a tiny, tiny tiny scale. Any new physics that replaces relativity would have to incorporate relativity in the same way that relativity incorporates Newtonian mechanics.
The wiki pages have info on confirmation. Every particle physics experiment we ever do reconfirms relativity. It's a vital tool of the trade.
Don't feel bad. When I was in high school, I though relativity sounded ridiculous, too. Once you study electricity and magnitism, though, you'll understand why relativity HAS to be correct logically and then once you really study relativity, the picture comes together in a very beautiful and satisfying way.
Edit: to answer your question on the edit more specifically, I can tell you that I myself have done experiments that prove that the speed is irrespective of source.
Specifically, I blew something up while shining it with laser light. The laser light was one leg of an interferometer. I used the interferometer to help me measure the velocity of the explosion. This wasn't the purpose of the experiment, but I suppose I could say that my data proved that the speed of light was invariant of the source to the accuracy of the interferometer measurements.
2007-03-30 04:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No exception to relativity has ever been found experimentally - that is, every experiment ever carried out has confirmed it. So far.
Experiments that confirm the independence of the speed of light on motion include the ground breaking Michelson and Morely experiment, performed well over 100 years ago.
What needs correcting is not relavitiy - its you.
2007-03-30 04:58:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GPS satellites have time corrections for relativity. There is a correction for both velocity and gravity. The first satellites launched created a buzz between developers as to whether the correction was needed or not. They left it as an option which was turned off. Very quickly it became apparent that relativity was a real effect and the correction factors were turned on.
2007-03-30 06:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by Tiggy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not me. Predictions made by Relativity Theory have been confirmed by experimental observations.
2007-03-30 04:53:29 · answer #4 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 14:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by jaffe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relativity is experimentally validated. It correctly makes predictions that classical mechanics can't make correctly.
2007-03-30 04:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by Father Wiggly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋