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Old August 14th 07, 07:29 AM posted to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,sci.astro,fr.sci.physique,fr.sci.astrophysique
Pentcho Valev
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Default EINSTEIN ZOMBIES CONFUSED ABOUT GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT

Relativity zombies are constantly looking for the truth but they are
confused by the fact that half of the hypnotists in Einstein criminal
cult offer an interpretation of the gravitational redshift in terms of
constant speed of light whereas the other half claims the speed of
light is variable:

http://www.astronomynotes.com/relativity/s4.htm "Prediction: light
escaping from a large mass should lose energy---the wavelength must
increase since the speed of light is constant. Stronger surface
gravity produces a greater increase in the wavelength. This is a
consequence of time dilation. Suppose person A on the massive object
decides to send light of a specific frequency f to person B all of the
time. So every second, f wave crests leave person A. The same wave
crests are received by person B in an interval of time interval of
(1+z) seconds. He receives the waves at a frequency of f/(1+z).
Remember that the speed of light c = (the frequency f) (the
wavelength L). If the frequency is reduced by (1+z) times, the
wavelength must INcrease by (1+z) times: L_atB = (1+z) L_atA. In the
doppler effect, this lengthening of the wavelength is called a
redshift. For gravity, the effect is called a GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT."

http://www.blazelabs.com/f-g-gcont.asp "The first confirmation of a
long range variation in the speed of light travelling in space came in
1964. Irwin Shapiro, it seems, was the first to make use of a
previously forgotten facet of general relativity theory -- that the
speed of light is reduced when it passes through a gravitational
field....Faced with this evidence, Einstein stated:"In the second
place our result shows that, according to the general theory of
relativity, the law of the constancy of the velocity of light in
vacuo, which constitutes one of the two fundamental assumptions in the
special theory of relativity and to which we have already frequently
referred, cannot claim any unlimited validity. A curvature of rays of
light can only take place when the velocity of propagation of light
varies with position."......Today we find that since the Special
Theory of Relativity unfortunately became part of the so called
mainstream science, it is considered a sacrilege to even suggest that
the speed of light be anything other than a constant. This is somewhat
surprising since even Einstein himself suggested in a paper "On the
Influence of Gravitation on the Propagation of Light," Annalen der
Physik, 35, 1911, that the speed of light might vary with the
gravitational potential. Indeed, the variation of the speed of light
in a vacuum or space is explicitly shown in Einstein's calculation for
the angle at which light should bend upon the influence of gravity.
One can find his calculation in his paper. The result is c'=c(1+V/c^2)
where V is the gravitational potential relative to the point where the
measurement is taken. 1+V/c^2 is also known as the GRAVITATIONAL
REDSHIFT FACTOR."

A century of fierce investigation, both theoretical and experimental,
has given nothing - the speed of light in a gravitational field
continues to be both constant and variable. Zombies just need some
more money - a few billions dollars for a start - and by the end of
this century they will know whether the speed of light in a
gravitational field is constant or variable. Of course, it may turn
out hypnotists are right and the speed of light in a gravitational
field is both constant and variable. More precisely, the speed of
light in a gravitational field was still variable in the years 1911,
1912, 1913, 1914 but in 1915 or 1916 it became constant forever. That
is the most reasonable explanation. Zombies just need money to confirm
it.

Pentcho Valev

 




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