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Appendix A - Fringe Shift Versus Rotation of The Michelson-Morley Apparatus
Appendix A - Fringe Shift Versus Rotation of The Michelson-Morley Apparatus
( ct~ ) 2
from which
t~ =
(l cos ()) 2
c2
u2
(l sin 0
[u sin
(J
(c 2
ut~) 2
u 2 cos"
(J)~]
Similarly let t~' be the time required for this light to return from M 1 to P. During
transit it undergoes a horizontal displacement l cos () and a vertical displacement
l sin () - ut~', because the half-silvered mirror P has moved upward a distance ut~/.
Thus
(ct~') 2
and
t"1
= (l cos 8) 2
=
c2 _ u 2
(l sin
[-u sin
(J
(J -
ut~') 2
(c 2
u 2 cos"
8)~]
The difference in phase of the two light components reaching the viewing telescope
is therefore
(A.3)
APPENDIX
A----
II
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u
FIGURE
A.I
The number of fringes shifted, n, can be found by dividing this phase difference by 27r.
If u c, the radicals can be expanded to give
l u2
- - 2 cos 28
Xc
and thus the fringe shifting occurs as a second harmonic of the rotational angle
(A.4)
e.