Although the Michelson-Morley experiment iwas dead and buried, it had left behind a valuable legacy. The two speeds and their ratio began to surface for the first time in history and was picked up by Lorentz and Fitzgerald.

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DEATH OF THE MM EXPERIMENT
Episode 2.08

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Oh I have forgotten. I was over
obsessed with explaining the
Michelson-Morley experiment.
There are actually still two more
sessions before we go to open the
Pandora’s box.
One is the death of the Michelson-
Morley experiment, the other is its
resurrection.

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Foundation of
Classical Physics
The scientists of the 18th
and 19th century regarded
the aether as the very
foundation of classical
science. Without the
existence of the aether, all
the development of physics
up to the nineteenth
century would have
become uncertain.
ELECTRO-MAGNETIsm
GRAVITATION
LIGHT SPEED
CONSTANCY

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But where is our
aether?

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Detecting the Aether
Physicists of the time
worked very hard to search
for the existence of the
aether. Many ingenious
experiments were carried
out in an attempt to detect
the existence of the
mysterious medium.
AETHER

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Efforts Failed
However, the ether is so
elusive that all experiments
failed to prove its existence.
The famous Michelson-
Morley experiment which
they thought as the ultimate
test, was no exception.
FAILED

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The MMX setup
simplified
Let us recap a little
bit.
This is a simplified
version of the original
MMX (Michelson-
Morley experiment)
setup. Only the
essential components
are kept to facilitate
discussion.
Light
source
Mirror B
Mirror A
Telescope
Splitter

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Setup at rest
This 3D shows the
paths of light when
there is nothing to
disturb them.
Beam A is the green
light ⇨.
Beam B is the red
light ⇨.
Beam B
Beam A
Light Source

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BeamB
Beam A
Viewer
Light Path Geometry
[at Rest] in no Aether
In the absence of aether
wind, the two lights will
recombine at the viewer in
sync. No fringe will be
observed.
Since there is no aether, this
system can be put anywhere
on earth and naturally will
not be possible to detect any
aether influence.

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Unable to detect
Aether
In addition, the basic
concepts (Maxwell’s
aether wind and
Michelson’s aether river
concepts) underlying the
operation were incorrect,
even if there is such a
substance as aether in the
universe, the setup will
not be able to detect it.

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Useless Setup
Being unable to perform its
intended purposes to detect
any aether, the MMX
equipment became an
ordinary heap of optical
elements of lighting, mirrors
and detectors.
That is why I said that it is a
dead system which failed to
achieve its purpose from the
very beginning.

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So Albert Abraham Michelson reported in 1887:
The Experiments on the relative motion of the
earth and ether have been completed and the
result decidedly negative.

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MMX Summary by
Michelson’s Daughter
On July 12, 1887 Albert A.
Michelson and Edward W. Morley
made the final measurements in an
experiment that inadvertently
changed forever the way we view
the workings of the universe. . . The
pair hoped to prove the existence
of the ether . . . To their chagrin,
they found absolutely no
difference.
Dorothy Michelson Livingston
(Michelson's daughter). July 13, 1987.
The Master of Light. University of
Chicago Press, 1979.

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MMX Still Alive
Surprisingly, MMX is
still alive and kicking.
It has even become a
essential subject in
text books, a common
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topic which is still
widely discussed in the
internet . . .

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THE LEGACY OF MMX
Episode 2.09 Part A

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Michelson’s Working Equation
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 𝐴𝐴
=
2𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜
𝑐𝑐 1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 𝐵𝐵
=
2𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜
𝑐𝑐 1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
But the MMX had a
very valuable legacy
– the two unusual
equations as a result
of the experiment:

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BeamB
Beam A
Viewer
Light Path Geometry
[at Rest] On plan
These equations came from
Michelson’s concept of the
experiment itself.
Under normal condition and
in the absence of aether
wind, the two lights will
recombine at the viewer in
sync. No fringe will be
observed.

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BeamB
Beam A
Viewer
Light Path Geometry
According to Michelson
However, according to
Michelson, the two lights
will pursue different paths
due to the influence of the
aether wind. Their
differences will be shown by
the fringes which are
observable by the viewer.

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The Different Results from
Michelson’s concept
Excluding the common courses
from emission and reception:
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 𝐴𝐴
=
2𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜
𝑐𝑐 1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 𝐵𝐵
=
2𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜
𝑐𝑐 1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
Beam A takes
longer time
Beam B

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The ratio between the
Times of the Beams
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 𝐴𝐴
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 𝐵𝐵
=
2𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜
𝑐𝑐 1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
÷
2𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜
𝑐𝑐 1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
=
2𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜
𝑐𝑐 1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
×
𝑐𝑐 1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
2𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜
=
1
1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2
1
1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2

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New Pathway for
Science
This unusual
equation was not
only the first
phantom from MMX
but was also the
most powerful one. It
was because of this
equation that science
from that time on
took on a new but
strange path, and a
strangely difficult
path it was indeed.
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1 − 𝑣𝑣2/𝑐𝑐2

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THE MICHELSON DIVERSION
The Experiment that Changed the Course of Science

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LENGTH CONTRACTION
To be continued in Episode 2.09
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