Gravitational Waves and the Sagnac Effect

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dc.creatorSivasubramanian, S.
dc.creatorWidom, A.
dc.creatorSrivastava, Y. N.
dc.date2003-11-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:28:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:28:16Z
dc.descriptionWe consider light waves propagating clockwise and other light waves propagating counterclockwise around a closed path in a plane (theoretically with the help of stationary mirrors). The time difference between the two light propagating path orientations constitutes the Sagnac effect. The general relativistic expression for the Sagnac effect is discussed. It is shown that a gravitational wave incident to the light beams at an arbitrary angle will not induce a Sagnac effect so long as the wave length of the weak gravitational wave is long on the length scale of the closed light beam paths. The gravitational wave induced Sagnac effect is thereby null.
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dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311070
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311070
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/34762
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleGravitational Waves and the Sagnac Effect
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