Rotating Frames in SRT: Sagnac's Effect and Related Issues

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dc.creatorRodrigues Jr., W. A.
dc.creatorSharif, M.
dc.date2003-02-04
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dc.descriptionAfter recalling the rigorous mathematical representations in Relativity Theory (\emph{RT}) of (i): observers, (ii): reference frames fields, (iii): their classifications, (iv) naturally adapted coordinate systems (\emph{nacs}%) to a given reference frame, (v): synchronization procedure and some other key concepts, we analyze three problems concerning experiments on rotating frames which even now (after almost a century from the birth of \emph{RT}) are sources of misunderstandings and misconceptions. The first problem, which serves to illustrate the power of rigorous mathematical methods in \emph{RT}is the explanation of the Sagnac effect (\emph{SE}). This presentation is opportune because recently there are many non sequitur claims in the literature stating that the \emph{SE} cannot be explained by \emph{SRT}, even disproving this theory or that the explanation of the effect requires a new theory of electrodynamics. The second example has to do with the measurement of the one way velocity of light in rotating reference frames, a problem for which many wrong statements appear in recent literature. The third problem has to do with claims that only Lorentz like type transformations can be used between the \emph{nacs}associated to a reference frame mathematically moddeling of a rotating platform and the \emph{nacs} associated with a inertial frame (the laboratory). Whe show that these claims are equivocated.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0302008
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0302008
dc.identifierFound. Phys. 31, 1767-1783 (2001)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/57279
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.titleRotating Frames in SRT: Sagnac's Effect and Related Issues
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