4. Ferruccio Aprile, A Suggested Alternative to the Current Interpretation of the Fizeau and Ives‐Stilwell Experiments

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Volume 14: Pages 124-131, 2001

A Suggested Alternative to the Current Interpretation of the Fizeau and Ives‐Stilwell Experiments

Ferruccio Aprile ^1,²

¹C.N.R. — Istituto dei Materiali, Area della Ricerca di Roma, Via Salaria Km. 29.5‐cas. post. 10, 00016 Monterotondo Stazione Italy

²Via Doganale 4, 00043 Ciampino Italy

The Fizeau effect is reinterpreted based on the classical electron theory of optics. The Ives‐Stilwell experiment is shown to be incorrectly considered a test of validity for the transverse Doppler effect of the special theory of relativity. A reinterpretation, based on the longitudinal Doppler effect, light's wave‐corpuscle dualism, and conclusions drawn from the reinterpretation of the experiments, is offered.

Keywords: Fizeau experiment, Ives‐Stilwell experiment, special theory of relativity

Received: February 23, 1999; Published online: December 15, 2008