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Optical mechanism for aberration of starlight |
JOSA A, Vol. 29, Issue 7, pp. 1217-1223 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.29.001217
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Abstract
We present a physical-optics-based theory for aberration of starlight and show that the influence of the moving sensor on the incident stellar wavefront combined with a finite velocity of light within the sensor can fully account for the aberration phenomena. Our treatment differs from all previous derivations because we include wavefront-imaging physics within the sensor model. Our predictions match existing Earth-based aberration measurements but differ from predictions of the special relativistic-based theory for larger velocities. We derive design parameters for an experiment using an Earth-based sensor containing a refractive optical medium that would experimentally differentiate between these two theories and yield an independent experimental test of time dilation.
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OCIS Codes
(000.2190) General : Experimental physics
(000.2690) General : General physics
(260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
(350.1270) Other areas of optics : Astronomy and astrophysics
(350.5720) Other areas of optics : Relativity
(000.2658) General : Fundamental tests
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: January 18, 2012
Revised Manuscript: February 22, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: March 2, 2012
Published: June 6, 2012
Citation
Robert A. Woodruff, "Optical mechanism for aberration of starlight," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29, 1217-1223 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-29-7-1217
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