%0 Journal Article
%T Fresnel Dragging Explained by a Classical Model of Light Transmission in Optical Media
%A Declan Traill
%J Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics
%P 1883-1889
%@ 2327-4379
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jamp.2021.98121
%X The original mathematical treatment used in the analysis of the Fizeau experiment of 1851, which measured the relative speed of light in a moving medium, assumes that light travels through the water in a smooth continuous flow, at a speed less than the speed of light in a vacuum (relative to the water). Thus, it assumes that the waterĄ¯s velocity vector can simply be added to that of the light. However, light is transmitted through optical media, such as water, by a continuous process of charge excitation (semi-absorption) and re-emission by the water molecules; but travels between them at the full speed of light (in a vacuum). Thus, the mathematics describing the process of Fresnel dragging must be formulated differently and can then be explained by classical physics, allowing the entire process to be fully visualized.
%K Fresnel
%K Dragging
%K Optical
%K Fizeau
%K Absorption
%K Emission
%K Delay
%K Refrac-tive
%K Index
%K Relativity
%K Classical
%K Physics
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=111208