Special relativity and centrifuge experiments
Abstract
A number of possible rotating-disk experiments that could be used to check the special theory of relativity are described. These experiments are examined in connection with the Sagnac effect, the effect of the deviation of the light ray path from a straight line, and time-slowdown effects for various observer positions.
- Publication:
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Moskovskii Universitet Vestnik Seriia Fizika Astronomiia
- Pub Date:
- February 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988MVSFA..29....3L
- Keywords:
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- Centrifuges;
- Light Beams;
- Relativity;
- Rotating Disks;
- Minkowski Space;
- Sagnac Effect;
- Time Lag;
- Physics (General)