Einstein's Theory of Relativity Failed a Major Experimental Test

 

Leonov Vladimir

May 2025

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5270-0824

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Leonov Vladimir. Einstein's Theory of Relativity Failed a Major Experimental Test – Preprint: ResearchGate, May 2025, Download PDF: DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32028.60807

Einstein's theory of relativity was based on the horizontal interference experiments of Michelson and Morley in 1887, which showed no shift in the interference fringes. The null result of these experiments allowed Einstein to postulate the speed of light as a constant in an absolute empty vacuum that has no physical structure. We present new experiments with the Leonov linear rotor vertical interferometer which consistently showed a shift of interference fringes in the amount of 74 fringes per one rotation of the rotor in the vertical plane of the Earth's gravitational field. The effect of gravity on the change in the electromagnetic field of laser radiation was discovered and registered. For the first time, a direct method of converting the gravitational field into an electrical signal using the light interference method was used to record the time-varying intensity of the Earth's gravitational field and its oscillations. These new experiments by Leonov on the interference of light in the Earth's gravitational field undermine the foundations of Einstein's theory of relativity, which has failed its main experimental test.

23 pages, 20 figures.

Key word: experiments of Michelson and Morley, Michelson interferometer, Leonov vertical rotor interferometer, Einstein's theory of relativity, gravity and electromagnetism, quantum theory of Superunification, Unified Field Theory.

 

   Content

1. Introduction

2. Analysis of the interference experiments of Michelson and Morley 1887 from the perspective of quantum gravity

3. Leonov's linear vertical rotor interferometer showed a shift of 50...60 interference fringes per one rotor revolution

4. The linear vertical rotor interferometer did not show a shift in interference fringes when rotating in the horizontal plane

5. Calculated parameters of the Leonov rotor gravitational interferometer

6. Leonov's quantum rotor interference gravimeter

7. Conclusion: The collapse of Einstein's theory of relativity is irreversible

     References

 

Causes of diurnal variations in the number of fringes in the Leonov interferometer

 

Vladimir Leonov, Feodor Shkrudnev, Valery Iktissanov, Alexander Selenkin, Alexander Chirok

March 2025

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5270-0824

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonov-Vladimir/research

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Vladimir Leonov, Feodor Shkrudnev, Valery Iktissanov, etc. Causes of diurnal variations in the number of fringes in the Leonov interferometer. – Preprint: ResearchGate, February 2025, Download PDF: DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35740.60803

Abstract

The high-precision interferometer developed by Vladimir Leonov has, for the first time, recorded diurnal variations in the number of interference fringes, providing empirical support for his earlier theoretical prediction regarding the influence of quantized space on the speed of light. Observations indicate that the number of fringes—and consequently, variations in the speed of light gradient—reaches its minimum around 11:00 and its maximum at approximately 19:00 time of day. The exceptional sensitivity of the interferometer necessitated the application of wavelet filters to suppress noises. However, despite wavelet filtration, occasional significant deviations were observed. As with D.C. Miller’s experiments, these deviations may be attributed to various factors, ranging from electrical and magnetic influences to environmental and cosmic effects. This suggests the existence of a common parameter linking the physics of seemingly different phenomena, detectable by the interferometer. In the works of V.S. Leonov, this unifying parameter is described as a space filled with tetraquarks, while N.V. Levashov associates it with variations in spatial dimensionality (curvature). The investigation of the causes behind diurnal variations in fringe count necessitated the inclusion of meteorological parameters. Multiple regression analysis successfully described interferometer readings over a 10-day observation period with an R² ≈ 0.65, indicating that the primary trends were captured. Ranking via machine learning revealed that the most significant factors influencing the variations were the ultraviolet index and the Moon's phase, while the least significant were the local geomagnetic K-index, lunar-solar tides, and other meteorological parameters

14 pages, 9 figure.

Keywords: interferometer, speed of light, meteorological data, tetraquarks, darkmatter, anisotropic space, regression

 

Video: Testing of Rotary Vertical Interferometer Refutes Einstein's Postulates

 

Leonov Vladimir, Vladimir Leonov, Alexander Chirok, Igor Malakhov

March 2025

You can watch the full movie of the rotor interferometer tests on YouTube  

https://youtu.be/x_noWBMq22g

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5270-0824

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonov-Vladimir/research

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Leonov Vladimir. Video: Testing of Rotary Vertical Interferometer Refutes Einstein's Postulates. – Preprint: ResearchGate, March 2025, Download PDF: DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22970.91844

Abstract

Physics is a science that requires experimental confirmation. We were able to do the second part of the experiments that Michelson and Morley did not do in 1887. We theoretically substantiated and manufactured a rotary linear interferometer that showed a shift of interference fringes in large quantities when the rotor rotates in a vertical plane in the Earth's gravitational field. This experimental fact means that Einstein's postulates about the constant of the speed of light in an empty vacuum have no physical basis. We have theoretically established and experimentally confirmed that in nature there can only be a quantized vacuum consisting of 4D-tetraquarks in which the speed of light is a variable parameter..

7 pages, 6 figures.

Key word: rotary interferometer, quantized vacuum, 4D-tetraquark, Einstein's postulates, Michelson-Morley experiments.

   Content

1. Introduction

2. Testing of the Rotary Vertical Interferometer

3. Conclusion

     References