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<p>Create biographical page for person listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists (web-verified; red-link batch 6)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox scientist<br /> | name = Carl E. Ockert<br /> | fields = Physics (optics)<br /> | known_for = Extinction-based interpretation of the speed of light in a moving medium and the Fizeau experiment<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Carl E. Ockert&#039;&#039;&#039; is an author of physics work on the propagation of light through a moving medium. He is listed in &#039;&#039;[[The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Work==<br /> Ockert proposed an interpretation of the classic Fizeau experiment in which light traversing a moving medium is treated as a series of discrete steps, each step bounded by the extinction (absorption) and re-emission of the photon. On this &quot;extinction&quot; model, he argued that the instantaneous velocity of light between extinctions is &#039;&#039;c&#039;&#039; relative to a fixed frame, and reported that the resulting analysis reproduces the drag values Fizeau measured. His conclusion departed from the standard relativistic treatment of light in moving media.<br /> <br /> Ockert&#039;s conclusion was taken up in the mainstream literature: a later analysis in the &#039;&#039;International Journal of Theoretical Physics&#039;&#039; examined the extinction picture, arguing that when dispersion is neglected it yields the same result as the usual theory — explicitly contrary to Ockert&#039;s conclusion — and that experimental data (the Zeeman dispersion measurements) favour the standard treatment. His ideas are archived among the physics-critique materials collected by Ekkehard Friebe.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://sites.google.com/site/bigbangcosmythology/time Time / speed-of-light discussion (referencing Ockert)]<br /> * [http://www.ekkehard-friebe.de/kap4.pdf Ekkehard Friebe archive (PDF)]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scientist|Ockert Carl]]<br /> [[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]</div>

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