General relativistic Sagnac formula revised

Details General relativistic Sagnac formula revised General relativistic Sagnac formula revised

2011-10-07

arxiv.org/abs/1110.1643v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

11 pages, 3 figures

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The Sagnac effect is a time or phase shift observed between two beams of light traveling in opposite directions in a rotating interferometer. We show that the standard description of this effect within the framework of general relativity misses the effect of deflection of light due to rotational inertial forces. We derive the necessary modification and demonstrate it through a detailed analysis of the square Sagnac interferometer rotating about its symmetry axis in Minkowski space-time. The role of the time shift in a Sagnac interferometer in the synchronization procedure of remote clocks as well as its analogy with the Aharanov-Bohm effect are revised.

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