Relativistic aberration of light as a corollary of the relativity of simultaneity

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/27/4/002MaRDI QIDQ5484491zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Aleksander Gjurchinovski

Publication date 17 August 2006

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0409013

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Special relativity (83A05)

Abstract: A new derivation of the relativistic aberration formula for a plane-polarized light wave is presented that does not require any use of the Lorentz transformation. The method is based on a modification of the Huygens-Fresnel principle to include the relativistic effects introduced by the relative motion between the observer and the emitter. The derivation clearly shows that the aberration formula is a direct consequence of the relative simultaneity.

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