A Note on the Sagnac Effect in General Relativity as a Finslerian Effect

The geometry of the Sagnac effect in a stationary region of a spacetime is reviewed with the aim of emphasizing the role of asymmetry of a Finsler metric defined on a spacelike hypersurface associated to a stationary splitting and related to future-pointing null geodesics of the spacetime. We show a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Foundations of physics 2022-02, Vol.52 (1), Article 5
Hauptverfasser:	Caponio, Erasmo, Masiello, Antonio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asymmetry Classical and Quantum Gravitation Classical Mechanics Geodesy History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Hyperspaces Philosophy of Science Physics Physics and Astronomy Quantum Physics Relativity Relativity Theory Sagnac effect Spacetime Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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Zusammenfassung:	The geometry of the Sagnac effect in a stationary region of a spacetime is reviewed with the aim of emphasizing the role of asymmetry of a Finsler metric defined on a spacelike hypersurface associated to a stationary splitting and related to future-pointing null geodesics of the spacetime. We show also that an analogous asymmetry comes into play in the Sagnac effect for timelike geodesics.
ISSN:	0015-9018 1572-9516
DOI:	10.1007/s10701-021-00523-z