Notes on the Sagnac effect in general relativity

DOI10.1007/S10714-018-2470-5MaRDI QIDQ1618051zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors J. Frauendiener

Publication date 13 November 2018

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.07914

zbMATH Keywords

Sagnac effectframe dragginggravitational wave detectionarbitrary moving reference frameFizeau experiment

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: The Sagnac effect can be described as the difference in travel time between two photons traveling along the same path in opposite directions. In this paper we explore the consequences of this characterisation in the context of General Relativity. We derive a general expression for this time difference in an arbitrary space-time for arbitrary paths. In general, this formula is not very useful since it involves solving a differential equation along the path. However, we also present special cases where a closed form expression for the time difference can be given. The main part of the paper deals with the discussion of the effect in a small neighbourhood of an arbitrarily moving observer in their arbitrarily rotating reference frame. We also discuss the special case of stationary space-times and point out the relationship between the Sagnac effect and Fizeau's "aether-drag" experiment.

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