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Ether-drift experiments using opposed masers are examined from the point of view that, if molecules contain indigenous radiation, a maser beam might be idealized as a stream of light clocks. According to a recently developed theory of the light clock, in which relativistic Doppler frequencies are developed from a classical ether model augmented by the Fitzgerald contraction, no effect from ether drift is expected, so that the null result of the experiments is in accord with this version of the ether theory.
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Kelly, E.M. Maser ether-drift experiment questioned on basis of molecular light clock model. Found Phys 15, 333–337 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00737321
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00737321