Relativistic aberration of light as a corollary of relativity of simultaneity
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⚛️ physics.optics
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aberrationrelativisticderivationformulalightrelativesimultaneityclearly
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A new derivation of the relativistic aberration formula for a plane-polarized light wave is presented that does not require any use of the Lorentz transformation. The method is based on a modification of the Huygens-Fresnel principle to include the relativistic effects introduced by the relative motion between the observer and the emitter. The derivation clearly shows that the aberration formula is a direct consequence of the relative simultaneity.
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