Classical Electrodynamics and Absolute Simultaneity

TL;DR

This paper explores how Maxwell's equations and electrodynamics can be formulated using an alternative simultaneity gauge, allowing for an interpretation involving absolute simultaneity and an isotropic medium, potentially redefining the concept of absolute space.

Contribution

It introduces a formulation of classical electrodynamics using an alternative simultaneity gauge that incorporates an absolute space and preferred observer, challenging conventional relativity assumptions.

Findings

Electrodynamics can be expressed with an alternative simultaneity gauge.

The isotropic medium can be interpreted as absolute space.

Observers perceive light speed as anisotropic under this gauge.

Abstract

Maxwell's equations and the Lorentz force density are expressed using an alternative simultaneity gauge. As a result, they describe electrodynamics for an observer travelling with a constant velocity through an isotropic medium. If desired, one may regard the isotropic medium as an absolute space. An observer at rest in the medium may be referred to as a preferred observer. The medium appears electrically polarized to the moving observer. Such an observer regards the speed of light as anisotropic by convention while sharing absolute simultaneity relations with the preferred observer.