Category:
Journal Reprints
Sub-Category:
Astrophysics
Keywords:
Ritz, ballistic theory
Filename:
Ritz "Ballistic" Theory of Light Emission
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Abstract:
Ritz's "ballistic" theory of light emission is outlined, and the evidence
on which it has been regarded as untenable is re-examined. It is shown
that the theory as presented by Ritz is indefinite, and that, when it is amended
to a form consistent with the postulate of relativity of motion, it is no longer
vulnerable to the earlier criticisms. The question of its admissibility is
therefore open. It is pointed out that determinations of the " constant
of aberration " from observations of distant nebulae might settle this question,
and such determinations are recommended.
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