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Equation 45 · Part 1 · Every Crystal Has Its Own Speed of Light

Symbol delta

δc/c≃vd/ceff\delta c/c \simeq v_d/c_{\mathrm{eff}}
δ\delta

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…In a driven or flowing lattice, the cone speed along the drift is ceffc_{\mathrm{eff}} + vdv_d in one direction and ceffc_{\mathrm{eff}} - vdv_d in the other, so the anisotropy between the along-drift and transverse directions is δ\delta c/c ≃\simeq vdv_d/ceffc_{\mathrm{eff}} — first order in the drift velocity, not the crushing second-order v2v^2/c2c^2 ∼\sim 10^{-8} that made the 1887 experiment so demanding to run and so easy to see nothing in. At a tenth of the cone speed, the anisotropy is ten percent — a signal any competent…

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