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{{Infobox paper
| title = Implications of an Aether non Dragged by the Motion of Celestial Bodies on Optical Laws
| url = [http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_6609.pdf Link to paper]
| author = [[Joseph Levy]]
| keywords = [[Non-entrained Aether]], [[NEAT]], [[Hoek]], [[Fizeau]], [[Fresnel]], [[Snell-Descartes' law]], [[Light Speed Anisotropy]], [[Refractive Media]], [[Synchronization Procedures]]
| published = 2012
| journal = [[Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics]]
| volume = [[ 9]]
| number = [[26]]
| num_pages = 22
| pages = 217 -238
}}

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==Abstract==

The conventional optical laws take for granted that the one-way phase velocity  of light in a refractive medium at rest in the Earth frame is C/n. But if one assumes the  existence of a fundamental reference frame and of an aether non-entrained by the motion of  celestial bodies, then Hoek's experiment shows that this velocity must be equal to C/n &#8722; V/n2  in the direction of the Earth absolute motion, and C/n + V/n2 in the opposite direction,  where V is the absolute speed of the Earth frame. It is important to draw the consequences  of this data and to check whether it complies with well established laws of physics. Such an  anisotropy implies that, according to non-entrained aether theory (NEAT), the ratio of the  speed of light in vacuo to the speed of light in refractive media (i,e, the optical index) must vary  as a function of the orientation of the light signal. This is indeed what the calculation shows.  Therefore, if NEAT is exact, except for some orientations, n is not the optical index in refractive  media moving relative to the fundamental frame. However, as we shall see, NEAT does  not preclude the fact that the Snell-Descartes' law sini=nsinr applies to a high degree of  accuracy whatever the orientation of the light signal. Thus, even if it exists, the anisotropy  remains unapparent. It is worth noting that, while resorting to assumptions quite different  from special relativity, non-entrained aether theory accounts for well established experimental  results. Moreover, as will be checked, a thorough analysis of Fizeau's experiment in light of  Hoek's studies establishes the need for an aether drift, providing a strong argument in support  of aether theory.

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