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<p>Create biographical page for person listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists (web-verified; red-link batch 8)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox scientist<br /> | name = Dennis Crossley<br /> | fields = Physics<br /> | workplaces = University of Wisconsin–Sheboygan<br /> | known_for = Analysis of the Michelson–Morley experiment in an accelerated reference frame<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Dennis Crossley&#039;&#039;&#039; is a physicist affiliated with the Department of Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Sheboygan. He is known for a re-examination of the Michelson–Morley experiment in accelerated reference frames, in which he argues that a &quot;preferred&quot; absolute reference frame could in principle be detected. He is listed in &#039;&#039;[[The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Work==<br /> In the paper &quot;The Michelson–Morley experiment in an accelerated reference frame&quot; (arXiv:1012.3404, published in &#039;&#039;Physics Essays&#039;&#039; 24, no. 3, 2011), Crossley analyzes the classic interferometer experiment as performed in a frame moving with constant proper acceleration rather than an inertial frame. He reports that the analysis predicts a fringe shift depending not only on the interferometer&#039;s rate of acceleration but also on its speed relative to a preferred absolute reference frame.<br /> <br /> While it is generally accepted that no experiment performed in an inertial reference frame can detect that frame&#039;s absolute velocity, Crossley proposes that experiments carried out in accelerated reference frames might make it possible to measure such an absolute speed. This suggestion of a detectable preferred frame lies outside the mainstream interpretation of special relativity, which holds that no preferred inertial frame exists.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3404 &quot;The Michelson–Morley experiment in an accelerated reference frame&quot; (arXiv:1012.3404)]<br /> * [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011PhyEs..24..435C/abstract ADS record (Physics Essays 24, 435, 2011)]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scientist|Crossley Dennis]]<br /> [[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]</div>

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