Relativistic rotation: a comparison of theories

DOI10.1007/S10701-006-9099-ZzbMATH Open1112.83046arXivgr-qc/0604118OpenAlexW3103094634MaRDI QIDQ878424FDOQ878424

Authors: Robert D. Klauber 

Publication date: 26 April 2007

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Alternative theories of relativistic rotation considered viable as of 2004 are compared in the light of experiments reported in 2005. En route, the contentious issue of simultaneity choice in rotation is resolved by showing that only one simultaneity choice, the one possessing continuous time, gives rise, via the general relativistic equation of motion, to the correct Newtonian limit Coriolis acceleration. In addition, the widely dispersed argument purporting Lorentz contraction in rotation and the concomitant curved surface of a rotating disk is analyzed and argued to be lacking for more than one reason. It is posited that not by theoretical arguments, but only via experiment can we know whether such effect exists in rotation or not. The Coriolis/simultaneity correlation, and the results of the 2005 experiments, support the Selleri theory as being closest to the truth, though it is incomplete in a more general applicability sense, because it does not provide a global metric. Two alternatives, a modified Klauber approach and a Selleri-Klauber hybrid, are presented which are consistent with recent experiment and have a global metric, thereby making them applicable to rotation problems of all types.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0604118

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zbMATH Keywords

rotationrelativisticrotating frameSagnactime discontinuity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Special relativity (83A05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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