Revisiting the 1887 Michelson-Morley Experiment (Paper IV)

Abstract

This is the last instalment in a four part series, the aim of the work being to introduce absolute motion into Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity (STR). In Paper (I), we provided a new solution to the traditional twin paradox of Einstein & Langevin. This new solution suggests that hidden within the labyrinth of its seemingly coherent and consistent structure and fabric, Einstein’s STR implies absolute motion. In Paper (II) we proposed the truly paradoxical case of the symmetric travelling twins. It is seen therein that this case unearths the deeply hidden inconsistency of Einstein’s STR. This irretrievable contradiction seen in the case of the symmetric twins not only suggests, but points to the undeniable need and necessity for absolute motion. We thus set-forth in Paper (III) a relativistic aether model, which at best can be described as the Special Theory of Relativity in Absolute Space (STRAS). Having build the theory, we herein revisit several experiments carried out to detect absolute motion. The new theory i.e. the STRAS, requires that these experiments be recalibrated. So doing – i.e. recalibrating these experiments, we find that the Earth’s speed through the hypothetical aether medium varies in the range ∼ 130 − 350 kms−1 i.e. 240 ± 110 kms−1.