Mössbauer rotor experiment as new proof of general relativity: Rigorous computation of the additional effect of clock synchronization
Abstract
We received an Honorable Mention at the Gravity Research Foundation 2018 Awards for Essays on Gravitation by showing that a correct general relativistic interpretation of the Mössbauer rotor experiment represents a new, strong and independent proof of Einstein’s general theory of relativity (GTR). Here, we correct a mistake which was present in our previous computations on this important issue by deriving a rigorous computation of the additional effect of clock synchronization. Finally, we show that some recent criticisms on our general relativistic approach to the Mössbauer rotor experiment are incorrect, by ultimately confirming our important result.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics D
- Pub Date:
- 2019
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1904.13252
- Bibcode:
- 2019IJMPD..2850131C
- Keywords:
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- Mössbauer rotor experiment;
- proof of the general theory of relativity;
- additional effect of clock synchronization;
- 04.80.‑y;
- 04.80.Cc;
- 07.05.Fb;
- 07.77.Gx;
- Experimental tests of gravitational theories;
- Design of experiments;
- Atomic and molecular beam sources and detectors;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 17 pages, 1 figure.This final version matches the one published in Int. Jour. Mod. Phys D. This paper is a rebuttal to the various versions of arXiv:1610.04219. Some issues in arXiv:1602.04212 and arXiv:1502.04911 have been partially reviewed