Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > > > Harry Veeder wrote: >> Could you use this method to test special relativity? >> i.e. to see if the speed of the em wave in the wire independent of the >> wire's motion. > > I wish! Trouble is, to get a readable result you need to move the wire > really, really fast, and I don't see any way to do that. >
Is 100,000 km/h fast enough? This is the speed of Earth as it orbits the Sun. Tests of special relativity make use of the this motion, but the results depend on interference effects. If the wire loop is elliptical instead of circular, special relativity says the speed of the em wave would be the same whether the major axis of the loop is aligned parallel or perpendicular to the direction of the Earth's motion. Harry
