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Comments on Chang and Torr's “dual properties of space time under an alternative Lorentz transformation”. comparison of Ether theory predictions with the result of a recent optical experiment

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The dual properties of spacetime suggested by Chang and Torr are here analysed. The predictions of their ether theory are compared with the results of a recent optical experiment, which makes use of two crossed telescopes and a mirror, designed to detect the deviations of first order in v/c produced by the ether wind on the direction of starlight. If the observed deviations are due to experimental errors, special relativity is confirmed. If they are a real effect, most ether theories may be confirmed provided that the corresponding ether frame is assumed to be at rest with the sun.

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  1. Department of Physics, Arizona State University, 85287, Tempe, Arizona, USA

    Gianfranco Spavieri

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1. On sabbatical leave from: Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, 5101 Venezuela this issue 4

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Spavieri, G. Comments on Chang and Torr's “dual properties of space time under an alternative Lorentz transformation”. comparison of Ether theory predictions with the result of a recent optical experiment. Found Phys Lett 2, 61–70 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00690079

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