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arxiv: gr-qc/0401005 · v3 · pith:23UEWTVMnew · submitted 2004-01-05 · 🌀 gr-qc

Sagnac effect and pure geometry

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keywords closedeffectlightobserverpathsagnacalongdevice
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We show that the Sagnac effect is not necessarily due to the presence of a rotating observer, but rather to the closed path of light in space and an even inertial relative motion between the observer and the physical device forcing light to move along a closed path.

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