On the Sagnac Effect for Massive Particles and Some of its Eepistemological Consequences
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| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | On the Sagnac Effect for Massive Particles and Some of its Eepistemological Consequences |
| Author(s) | Fran?ois Goy |
| Keywords | Sagnac effect, clock synchronization, special relativity, matter waves |
| Published | 2009 |
| Journal | Apeiron |
| Volume | 16 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 532-541 |
Abstract
The author shows in this article that a coherent description of the Sagnac effect for massive particles, which takes account of length contraction and time dilation can only be obtained with a so called ?absolute? clock synchronization parameter. Any other synchronization leads to an incoherent description between the point of view of an observer on the rotating platform and a non-rotating observer. This demonstration generalises the one made by Selleri and the author for the Sagnac effect with electromagnetic waves.
