Relative-Velocity-Dependent Weber-type Models in Electromagnetism

TL;DR

This paper revisits Weber's relative-velocity-based electromagnetism models, demonstrating they can replicate relativistic effects and explain experimental discrepancies in high-energy physics and gravitation.

Contribution

It shows that Weber-type models, when fitted to CRT data, can account for relativistic phenomena and experimental anomalies traditionally explained by special relativity.

Findings

Captures standard relativistic effects in optics and high-energy particles

Explains discrepancies in high-energy-particle absorption experiments

Accounts for anomalies in radium-E beta-ray spectrum

Abstract

This article reconsiders the relative-velocity-dependent approach to modeling electromagnetism that was proposed initially by Weber before data from cathode-ray-tube (CRT) experiments was available. It is shown that identifying the nonlinear, relative-velocity terms using CRT data results in a model, which not only captures standard relativistic effects in optics, high-energy particles, and gravitation, but also explains apparent discrepancies between predicted and measured energy (i) in high-energy-particle absorption experiments and (ii) in the classical beta-ray spectrum of radium-E.