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Author Topic:   Another Way of Looking at the Michelson-Morley Experimental Results
Son Goku
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Message 6 of 35 (366501)
11-28-2006 12:04 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by baloneydetector#zero
11-27-2006 10:08 AM


If we look around, we find that there is something that fits the requirements of this perfectly elastic medium. What does every body in the universe drag about with it that is related to every other body in such a manner. Why not gravitation itself. Why couldn’t light be propagated in or on the gravitational force that interrelates each and every body in the universe. Why not? It wouldn’t be the only force field that does so. The electrostatic field between the plates of a capacitor acts as a medium for the conduction of signal intelligence.
Wouldn't that mean light is gravitational waves, since you are discribing light as being wave-like disturbances in the gravitational field?
Which wouldn't really make much sense.
Edited by Son Goku, : No reason given.

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Son Goku
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Message 9 of 35 (366572)
11-28-2006 5:55 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by baloneydetector#zero
11-28-2006 5:28 PM


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I haven't figured out how to put quotes in boxes yet. Anyway, light waves would not be considered gravitational waves because they occur on a gravitational medium. They would be considered as modulations on that medium. Light waves themselves can be modulated by many other electromagnetic waves and we do not classify them as light waves.
Can you explain explicitly what you mean by "Occur on" and "Modulations".

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Son Goku
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Message 12 of 35 (366769)
11-29-2006 11:22 AM
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11-29-2006 9:03 AM


Gravitational waves.
Gravity has only one known type of "modulation"-like behaviour though and that is gravitational waves. In the sense you are speaking of light would have to be a gravitational wave, which it is not.
Light isn't really coupled to gravity in the way you describe.

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Son Goku
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Message 14 of 35 (366835)
11-29-2006 1:49 PM
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11-29-2006 1:29 PM


Re: Gravitational waves for Son Goku.
Why look for something that you can’t possibly find. I’m quite happy using gravitation as a medium for our electromagnetic waves.
As a medium it doesn't have the required properties to carry light though. I can go into why if you want.
What in particular do you find faulty with the explanation that light is oscillating electric and magnetic fields?*
*I'm going to keep this discussion at the classical level as it seems the most pertinent.

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