The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, first conducted in 1932 by Roy J. Kennedy and Edward M. Thorndike, is a modified form of the Michelson–Morley experimental...
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level. Together with the Ives–Stilwell and Kennedy–Thorndike experiments, Michelson–Morley type experiments form one of the fundamental tests of special...
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inertial frames. The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment was designed to do that, and was first performed in 1932 by Roy Kennedy and Edward Thorndike. They obtained...
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Ives–Stilwell type experiments have been performed with increased precision. Together with the Michelson–Morley and Kennedy–Thorndike experiments it forms one...
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Tests of special relativity (category Physics experiments)
Laser Ranging Experiments have also been conducted as a variation of the Kennedy-Thorndike-experiment. Another type of isotropy experiments are the Mössbauer...
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observer, due to the Doppler effect. See Michelson–Morley experiment and Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, for example. Because neutrinos have a small but non-zero...
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character in the 1977 film High Anxiety Thorndike, Maine, a town in the United States Kennedy–Thorndike experiment Thorndyke (TV series), a 1964 BBC television...
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accurate interferometer placed entirely in vacuum. 1932 – the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment uses an interferometer with arms of different lengths and not...
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notable experiments in physics. The list includes only experiments with Wikipedia articles. For hypothetical experiments, see thought experiment. Bell tests...
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of special relativity such as the Michelson–Morley experiment and the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment have shown within tight limits that in an inertial...
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Beam splitter (section Use in experiments)
Hammar experiment of 1935 to refute Dayton Miller's claim of a positive result from repetitions of the Michelson-Morley experiment The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment...
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Modern searches for Lorentz violation (category Physics experiments)
of bodies in motion is analyzed. Also modern variants of the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, by which the dependence of light speed on the velocity of the...
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subsequently also confirmed by the Trouton–Rankine experiment (1908) and the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment (1932). History of special relativity Lord Rayleigh...
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experiment. Another type of interferometer experiment was the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment in 1932, by which the independence of the speed of light from...
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particle's half-life Kennedy–Thorndike experiment – time dilation in accordance with Lorentz transformations Hughes–Drever experiment – testing isotropy...
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famous experiment, that required the introduction of length contraction: the Michelson–Morley experiment (and later also the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment)....
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speed of light in all frames, the Michelson–Morley experiment and the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment can not distinguish between the two transformations...
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energy. 1932 – Kennedy–Thorndike experiment confirms the Lorentz transformations in a new way, complementary to the Michelson–Morley experiment. These two...
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Michelson–Morley experiment, the ratio between a ( v ) {\displaystyle a(v)} and b ( v ) {\displaystyle b(v)} is determined by the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, and...
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leader of the opposition British Labour Party. November 1 – The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment is published, showing that measured time as well as length is...
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The positron is observed by Carl Anderson. November 1 – The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment is published, showing that measured time as well as length is...
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velocity of the observer, as demonstrated by Michelson–Morley experiment, Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, and many others (see luminiferous aether). Note that measurements...
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when the Ives–Stillwell experiment is considered together with the Michelson–Morley experiment and the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment. Furthermore, quantum...
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Using this model, the Michelson–Morley experiment, Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, and Ives–Stilwell experiment put sharp constraints on violations of Lorentz...
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\left(\beta -\delta -{\tfrac {1}{2}}\right)=(4\pm 8)\times 10^{-12}\,} Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, testing the dependence of the speed of light on the velocity...
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Ken Pounds Ken Riley (physicist) Kendal Nezan Kender engine Kennedy–Thorndike experiment Kenneth Allen (physicist) Kenneth Bainbridge Kenneth G. Libbrecht...
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this physical interpretation of relativistic effects was shared by Kennedy and Thorndike in 1932 as they concluded that the interferometer's arm contracts...
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Kenneth and Mamie Clark (redirect from Doll experiment)
American Psychological Association. They were known for their 1940s experiments using dolls to study children's attitudes about race. The Clarks testified...
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Brutus impressed an audience that included Lady Tree, the young Sybil Thorndike and Ellen Terry, who wrote in her diary, "The small boy who played Brutus...
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Supply-side economics (section Kansas experiment)
yet tax revenues actually went up significantly. Tax historian Joseph Thorndike argues that the tax cuts helped "bolster" growth but did not "cover the...
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