Peculiarities of interaction of Physical vacuum and light waves

Kononchook, G. L. (2018). Peculiarities of interaction of Physical vacuum and light waves. Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Physics and Mathematics(3), 95–98. https://doi.org/10.17721/1812-5409.2018/3.14

Based on established representations, reliable facts and phenomena, the proposed model of the interaction of electromagnetic waves with a physical vacuum is studied. It is shown that from the assumption of a physical vacuum as a dielectric medium, the postulate of the constancy of speed of light follows in all inertial reference systems. The explanation of the partial capture of light by a moving medium (the effect of Fizeau), the effect of a gravitational lens, displacement of the spectrum of an electromagnetic wave in a gravitational field is given. The redshift of the spectrum of galaxies may have an alternative explanation not related to their expansion. As a result of this explanation there is no need to use the idea of dark energy.Key words: light, physical vacuum, virtual particles, gravitational lens, red shift, dark energy.Pages of the article in the issue: 95 - 98Language of the article: Ukrainian