[Physics] Physics Digest, Vol 10, Issue 3

[cj at mb-soft.com]

I suppose that I am the only Theoretical Physicist available to respond.  No.  Your idea is intriguing, but not valid.  Yes, if there were aether in space, different considerations might apply, but unless you can do Tensor Calculus in Riemannian Geometry, you would not be able to try to quantify such an effect.

You are basically trying to do what Michelson and Morley did, for about ten years of math, regarding their experiment.  They also had to use that same exotic math to do the required calculations.  And even though their MM experiment was INTENDED to CONFIRM that the aether existed, their years of math and multiple failed experiments SURPRISED  them (especially Michelson) to eventually concede that they had (unintentionally) proved that the aether did not exist.  The geometry regarding a Double Slit is a lot more complicated than their MM experiment, mostly because the space angles involved for every path in the Double Slit involves different angles in space (where MM was a far simpler apparatus, where space angles were consistent).  If you have ever done any Double Slit experiments, you know that  there are a LOT of stripes involved.  I still remember the FIRST time I was required to do a Double Slit (50 years ago), I had to find really precise Trig tables for the required accuracy of the different path lengths from each slit to a black line (computers and their precise Trig did not then yet exist).  

I credit you with  the IDEA of wanting to use the geometry and trigonometry of a Double Slit for your intention, but if you actually ever try it, you will see that you will  NOT be able to measure all the dimensions accurately enough (likely by a factor of a thousand to one).  It is a popular experiment in conversation, but a nightmare in actually trying to measure everything well enough in actual experiments.

Carl Johnson
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