Relativistically Rotating Frames and Non-time-orthogonality

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1998-12-07

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9812025v3

Am.J.Phys. 67 (1999) 158-159

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

4 pages, no figures. Brief overview of more extensive article published in Found. Phys. Lett. 11 (5) 405, Oct 98. Rev includes

Scientific paper

10.1119/1.19213

This paper is a brief overview of a more extensive article recently published in Found. Phys. Lett. [2]. Apparent disagreement with experiment as well as internal inconsistencies found in the traditional analysis of relativistically rotating frames/disks are summarized. As one example, a point p at 0 degrees on the circumference of a rotating disk does not, according to the standard theory, exist at the same moment in time as the same point p at 360 degrees. This and other problems with the standard theory are completely resolved by a novel analysis that directly addresses, apparently for the first time, the non-time-orthogonal nature of rotating frames. Though ultimately consonant with the special and general theories of relativity, due to non-time-orthogonality, the analysis predicts several peculiar (i.e., not traditionally relativistic) results. For example, the local circumferential speed of light is not invariant (thereby agreeing with the Sagnac experiment), and no Lorentz contraction exists along the disk rim. Other experimental results, including time dilation, mass-energy dependence on speed, and what has heretofore been considered a "spurious" signal in the most accurate Michelson-Morley experiment performed to date, are accurately predicted. Further, the widely accepted postulate for the equivalence of co-moving inertial and non-inertial rods, used liberally with prior rotating frame analyses, is shown to be invalid for non-time-orthogonal frames. This understanding of the ramifications of non-time-orthogonality resolves paradoxes inherent in the traditional theory.

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