Testing gravitomagnetism on the Earth
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
The paper contains a proposed experiment for testing the gravitomagnetic effect on the propagation of light around a rotating mass. The idea is to use a rotating spherical laboratory-scale shell, around which two mutually orthogonal lightguides are wound acting as the arms of an interferometer. Numerical estimates show that time of flight differences between the equatorial and polar guides could be in the order of s, actually detectable with sensitivity perfectly comparable with those expected in gravitational wave detection experiments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0104022,
title = {Testing gravitomagnetism on the Earth},
author = {A. Tartaglia and M. L. Ruggiero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0104022},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
LATEX, 8 pages, 1 eps figure