Fresnel Dragging Explained by a Classical Model of Light Transmission in Optical Media

@article{Traill2017FresnelDE,
  title={Fresnel Dragging Explained by a Classical Model of Light Transmission in Optical Media},
  author={Declan Andrew Traill},
  journal={viXra},
  year={2017}
}
  • D. Traill
  • Published 2017
  • Physics, Education
  • viXra
The original mathematical treatment used in the analysis of the Fizeau experiment of 1851, which measured the relative speed of light in a moving medium, assumes that light travels through the water in a smooth continuous flow, at a speed less than the speed of light in a vacuum (relative to the water). Thus it assumes that the water’s velocity vector can simply be added to that of the light. However, light is transmitted through optical media, such as water, by a continuous process of… 
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