Title :
On Einsteinian velocity addition and the notion of phase velocity
Author :
Rahmat-Samii, Y. ; Menendez, R.C.
Author_Institution :
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Abstract :
It is shown that conventional notions of the electromagnetic phase velocity in moving media are in general, inconsistent with the Einsteinian velocity addition. A new vector quantity, normalized phase slowness, is introduced and shown to be consistent with both the Lorentz transformation and the Einsteinian law of velocity addition.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; H infinity control; Particle measurements; Phase measurement; Velocity measurement;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1977.10718
