Rotation in relativity and the propagation of light

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2009-05-06

arxiv.org/abs/0905.0765v1

Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course CLXVIII, pp. 45-148 (2009)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

102 pages, 35 figures, The original publication is available at http://www.sif.it/SIF/en/portal/journals.html, to appear in "A

Scientific paper

10.3254/978-1-58603-990-5-45

We compare and contrast the different points of view of rotation in general relativity, put forward by Mach, Thirring and Lense, and Goedel. Our analysis relies on two tools: (i) the Sagnac effect which allows us to measure rotations of a coordinate system or induced by the curvature of spacetime, and (ii) computer visualizations which bring out the alien features of the Goedel Universe. In order to keep the paper self-contained, we summarize in several appendices crucial ingredients of the mathematical tools used in general relativity. In this way, our lecture notes should be accessible to researchers familiar with the basic elements of tensor calculus and general relativity.

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