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| The '''experiments of Rayleigh and Brace''' (1902, 1904) were aimed to show whether [[length contraction]] leads to [[birefringence]] or not. They were some of the first optical experiments measuring the relative motion of Earth and the [[luminiferous aether]] which were sufficiently precise to detect magnitudes of second order to v/c. The results were negative, which was of great importance for the development of the [[Lorentz transformation]] and consequently of the [[theory of relativity]]. See also [[Tests of special relativity]].
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| ==The experiments==
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| To explain the negative outcome of the [[Michelson–Morley experiment]], [[George FitzGerald]] (1889) and [[Hendrik Lorentz]] (1892) introduced the [[Length contraction|contraction hypothesis]], according to which a body is contracted during its motion through the stationary [[Luminiferous aether|aether]].
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| [[John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh|Lord Rayleigh]] (1902) interpreted this contraction as a mechanical compression which should lead to optical anisotropy of materials, so the different [[Refractive index|refraction indices]] would cause [[birefringence]]. To measure this effect, he installed a tube of 76 cm length upon a rotatable table. The tube was closed by glass at its ends, and was filled with carbon bisulphide or water, and the liquid was between two [[nicol prism]]s. Through the liquid, light (produced by an electric lamp and more importantly by [[limelight]]) was sent to and fro. The experiment was sufficiently precise to measure retardations of <math>\tfrac{1}{6000}</math> of a half [[wavelength]], ''i.e.'' of the order {{val|1.2|e=-10}}. Depending on the direction relative to Earth's motion, the expected retardation due to birefringence was of order 10<sup>−8</sup>, which was well within the accuracy of the experiment. Therefore it was, besides the Michelson-Morley experiment and the [[Trouton–Noble experiment]], one of the few experiments by which magnitudes of second order in v/c could be detected. However, the result was completely negative. Rayleigh repeated the experiments with layers of glass plates (although with a diminished precision by a factor of 100), and again obtained a negative result.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Lord Rayleigh|title=[[s:en:Does Motion through the Aether cause Double Refraction?|Does Motion through the Aether cause Double Refraction?]]|journal=Philosophical Magazine|volume=4|year=1902|pages=678–683}}</ref>
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| However, those experiments were criticized by [[DeWitt Bristol Brace]] (1904). He argued that Rayleigh hadn't properly considered the consequences of contraction ({{val|0.5|e=-8}} instead of 10<sup>−8</sup>) as well as of the refraction index, so that the results were in no way conclusive. Therefore, Brace conducted experiments of much higher precision. He employed an apparatus that was 4.13 m long, 15 cm wide, and 27 cm deep, which was filled with water, and which could be rotated (depending on the experiment) about a vertical or a horizontal axis. [[Sun light]] was directed into the water through a system of lenses, mirrors and reflexion prisms, and was reflected 7 times so that it traversed 28.5 m. In this way, a retardation of order {{val|7.8|e=-13}} was observable. However, also Brace obtained a negative result. Another experimental installation with glass instead of water (precision: {{val|4.5|e=-11}}), also yielded no sign of birefringence.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Brace, DeWitt Bristol|title=[[s:en:On Double Refraction in Matter moving through the Aether|On Double Refraction in Matter moving through the Aether]]|journal=Philosophical Magazine|volume=7|issue=40|year=1904|pages=317–329}}</ref>
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| The absence of birefringence was initially interpreted by Brace as a refutation of length contraction. However, it was shown by Lorentz (1904) and [[Joseph Larmor]] (1904) that when the contraction hypothesis is maintained and the complete Lorentz transformation is employed (''i.e.'' including the time transformation), then the negative outcome can be explained. Furthermore, if the [[relativity principle]] is considered as valid from the outset, as in [[Albert Einstein]]'s theory of [[special relativity]] (1905), then the result is quite clear, since an observer in uniform translational motion can consider himself as at rest, and consequently won't experience any effect of his own motion. Length contraction is thus not measurable by a co-moving observer, and has to be supplemented by [[time dilation]], which was subsequently also confirmed by the [[Trouton–Rankine experiment]] (1908) and the [[Kennedy–Thorndike experiment]] (1932).<ref>{{Citation|author=Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon|year=1904|title=[[s:Electromagnetic phenomena|Electromagnetic phenomena in a system moving with any velocity smaller than that of light]]|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences|volume=6|pages=809–831}}</ref>
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| <ref>{{Cite journal|author=Larmor, Joseph|title=[[s:en:Absence of Effects of Motion through the Aether|On the ascertained Absence of Effects of Motion through the Aether, in relation to the Constitution of Matter, and on the FitzGerald-Lorentz Hypothesis]]|journal=Philosophical Magazine|volume=7|issue=42|year=1904|pages=621–625}}</ref> | |
| <ref group=A>{{Cite journal|author=Laub, Jakob|title=Über die experimentellen Grundlagen des Relativitätsprinzips|journal=Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik|volume=7|year=1910|pages=405–463}}</ref>
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| <ref group=A>{{Cite book|author=[[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]]|year=1910|title=A History of the theories of aether and electricity|edition=1. Ausgabe|location=Dublin|publisher=Longman, Green and Co.|url=http://www.archive.org/details/historyoftheorie00whitrich}}</ref>
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| * [[History of special relativity]]
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