Sagnac Effect: End of the Mystery
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Sagnac Effect: End of the Mystery |
| Author(s) | Franco Selleri |
| Keywords | {{{keywords}}} |
| Published | 2004 |
| Journal | None |
| Pages | 57-78 |
Abstract
Transformations of space and time depending on a synchronisation parameter, e1, indicate the existence of a privileged inertial system S0. The Lorentz transformations are obtained for a particular e1 different from zero. No classical experiment on inertial frames depends on the choice of e1, but if accelerations are considered only e1 = 0 remains possible. The choice e1 = 0 provides a rational resolution of the long standing mystery connected with the relativistic interpretation of Sagnac effect.