Coriolis Force and Sagnac Effect
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-07 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We consider the optical Sagnac effect, when the fictitious gravitational field simulates the reflections from the mirrors. It is shown that no contradiction exists between the conclusions of the laboratory and rotated observers. Because of acting of gravity-like Coriolis force the trajectories of co- and anti-rotating photons have different radii in the rotating reference frame, while in the case of the equal radius the effective gravitational potentials for the photons have to be different.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0103091,
title = {Coriolis Force and Sagnac Effect},
author = {Merab Gogberashvili},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0103091},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, latex, no figures