Рональд Рэй Хатч (Hatch, Ronald Ray) — учёный из США, специализирующийся в области GPS.

Глава и сооснователь компании NavCom Technology, Inc. Председатель подразделения спутников в ION — Институте систем космической навигации. Один из первых специалистов в мире в области систем глобального позиционирования (GPS).

 

 

Те самые скандальные часы. (Ronald R. Hatch) (2004)

 

Сверхдлиннобазовая интерферометрия (VLBI), как и система GPS имеет нерешенные проблемы, которые указывают, что ход наземных часов является функцией их позиции в направлении орбитального вектора скорости Земли. Подтверждение этого хода уже обсуждалось, и результат подтвержден сравнениями наземных часов с миллисекундными пульсарами. Этот ход часов — точно такой, чтобы скорость света проявилась как величина "c" в инерциальной системе отсчета (ИСО) Земли. Это показывает, что скорость света — не изотропна в ИСО Земли и, что преобразование Лоренца есть только частный случай инерционного преобразования Селлери, учитывающего ход часов.

 

Ход часов несомненно представляется как функция положения в направлении земного вектора скорости. Этот ход часов несомненно обнаруживается использованием солнечной ИСО при анализе различных источников данных измерения. Анализ также несомненно показывает, что градиент солнечного гравитационного потенциала удерживает эти смещения часов вровень с земным вектором скорости. Очевидно, единственная причина того, что в литературе появилось альтернативное неправильное объяснение в том, что истинное объяснение несовместимо со специальной теорией относительности Эйнштейна. Ход часов является причиной анизотропии скорости света на Земле, центрированной невращающейся ИСО, проявляющейся так, как будто она фактически изотропна.

 

 

Relativity and GPS. (Ronald R. Hatch) (1995)

 

Four problems with the general theory were presented. An alternative theory was proposed of a solid elastic ether which constituted a particular representation of the Lorentz ether theory. This new theory was shown to provide a simple resolution to the general theory problems. The particular claim of the general theory that a freely falling body is not acted upon by external forces was explored at length. It is clearly not valid. It predicts gyroscopic behavior which is clearly not realized. In addition, it should be capable of direct falsification with the launch of the new GPS satellites capable of intersatellite tracking.

 

Finally, several predictions have been made in the course of the development. Specifically, it is predicted:

(1) that gravitational radiation will never be detected;

(2) unambiguous evidence for a black hole will never be found; and,

(3) the amount of geodetic precession measured on the Gravity Probe B experiment will be one-third greater than that predicted by the general theory.

 

 

In Search of an Ether Drift. (Ronald R. Hatch) (2002)

 

Special relativity theory (SRT) claims equivalence of all inertial frames, but it is generally acknowledged that there exists a dipole temperature distribution in the cosmic background radiation (CBR), which indicates that the solar system is moving through this unique inertial frame at a speed of approximately one percent of the speed of light.

 

This evidence for a unique frame conflicts with SRT, and so motivates a search for additional evidence. Presumably, any ether drift should be directly detectable via experiment in either an earth-centered frame, or a sun-centered frame, or both. Spinning Mossbauer experiments, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) are here analyzed for any evidence of ether drift; i.e., for evidence that the speed of light is not isotropic in all inertial frames. Though none of the experiments provides any direct evidence for ether drift, they do provide substantial indirect evidence.

 

 

Conducting a Crucial Experiment of the Constancy of the Speed of Light Using GPS. Comments on Ashby's "Relativity and the Global Positioning System". (Ronald R. Hatch, Ruyong Wang) (2002)

 

Contrary to the assertion of Special Relativity, the speed of light is not always constant relative to a moving observer. The Global Positioning System (GPS) shows that the speed of light in the Earth Centered Inertial (ECI) non-rotating frame remains at c relative to the frame?but not relative to an observer or receiver moving in that frame. When a GPS receiver changes its translation speed relative to the ECI frame, the speed of light measured relative to the receiver changes. A crucial experiment of the constancy of the speed of light relative to a moving receiver could be conducted in the following way: Let two GPS satellites and two airplanes be positioned in a straight line. Let the two airplanes travel at the same speed directly toward one of the two satellites and directly away from the other satellite. The travel time differences of GPS signals arriving at the two airplanes is measured and recorded with the airplanes flying first toward one of the satellites and then flying the opposite direction toward the other satellite. The travel time differences obtained as the airplanes fly in opposite directions are compared. If the travel time difference is the same when the velocity of the airplanes is changed, then the speed of light is indeed constant relative to the moving airplanes, otherwise it is not. The calculation using the GPS range equation and the results of a Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) differential GPS test have shown that the constancy of the speed of light relative to moving airplanes is not correct. The change of the time difference could reach about 10 ns for subsonic airplanes and 30 ns for supersonic airplanes. The result of this crucial experiment is not only important scientifically, but also indicates the possibility of a new way to directly measure vehicle speed relative to the ECI frame.

 

 

Clock Behavior and the Search for an Underlying Mechanism for Relativistic Phenomena. (Ronald R. Hatch) (2002)

 

The Special Relativity Theory (SRT) and the General Relativity Theory (GRT) sometimes exhibit clock effects of equal magnitude which cancel and sometimes exhibit clock effects of equal magnitude which are additive. This cannot be coincidence, yet there is nothing within the two disjoint relativity theories to suggest an underlying mechanism. The effects appear to be related to energy, but the SRT treats energy as relative and the GRT treats an orbiting body as following a force-free trajectory. Thus an alternative to the Einstein theories seems to be required. I have proposed what I call a Modified Lorentz Ether Theory (MLET) which extends the Lorentz ether concepts to cover gravitational phenomena. Following a brief review of MLET concepts, it is contrasted with SRT concepts. Current data available from a number of modern experiments are evaluated with regard to both MLET and SRT. In general, MLET provides a more coherent and consistent explanation of the data. In the last major section of the paper it is shown that in the earth-centered inertial (ECI) frame Global Positioning System (GPS) clocks are not adjusted for the differential effect of the sun’s gravitational potential. SRT has no valid explanation for this phenomenon and is thereby refuted. MLET by contrast shows that the differential effect of the sun’s gravitational potential is absorbed into the clock bias which converts the Selleri transformation into an apparent Lorentz transformation. This is very strong evidence that some form of Lorentz ether theory is valid and that the Einstein theories are invalid.

 

 

GPS, clocks and Relativity. Presentation. (Ronald R. Hatch) (2015) (pdf)

 

 

Comments by P.Marmet on the paper: "Clock Behavior and the Search for an Underlying Mechanism for Relativity Phenomena" by Ronald R. Hatch. (2002)

 

 

GPS and Relativity Misconceptions 1. (Blog on relativity and cosmology — Burt Jordaan) (2011)

 

 

GPS and Relativity Misconceptions 2.

 

 

GPS and Relativity Misconceptions 3.

 

 

Einstein Clocks and the Sagnac Effect (in the context of the GPS).