B Experiments to Measure Speed of Light

[Sandeep T S]

Any one please tell,all experiment attempt to find speed of light

 

[Sandeep T S]

Any one please tell,all experiment attempt to find speed of light

I want those experiment, experiment done in a moving body relative to observer

 

[jtbell]

From the "FAQ: Experimental Basis of Special Relativity" that is listed at the top of this forum:

Tests of Light Speed from Moving Sources

 

[ZapperZ]

I want those experiment, experiment done in a moving body relative to observer

Besides, you DO know that you are a "moving body" relative to an observer on Alpha Centauri, don't you? So all the experiments done here on Earth can also be considered as measurement done by "a moving body".

So what's the problem?

Zz.

 

[Dale]

I want those experiment, experiment done in a moving body relative to observer

I highly recommend the article provided by @jtbell above

 

[Sandeep T S]

From the "FAQ: Experimental Basis of Special Relativity" that is listed at the top of this forum:

Tests of Light Speed from Moving Sources

That's really helpful, thank you very much

 

[Sandeep T S]

Besides, you DO know that you are a "moving body" relative to an observer on Alpha Centauri, don't you? So all the experiments done here on Earth can also be considered as measurement done by "a moving body".

So what's the problem?

Zz.

But how can get result of one in alpha centaurie

 

[russ_watters]

But how can get result of one in alpha centauri

By performing the experiment on/near Earth while declaring Alpha Centuari to be stationary. Then you can see if that assumption changes the result of the experiment.

That's not exactly the same issue you asked about in your second post though. You asked for source and observer to be moving with respect to each other. There aren't a lot of experiments where that is done specifically, because it isn't really as helpful as you might think. But there are lots of experiments with source and observer moving with respect to each other where the constancy of the speed of light is assumed and used rather than tested directly. These experiments would fail if the assumption was false, so by succeeding they support the assumption indirectly. My favorite ongoing experiment for this is the GPS system.