Thim’s experiment and exact rotational space-time transformations

Leonardo Hsu, Jong Ping Hsu

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Abstract

Thim measured the transverse Doppler shift using a system consisting of a stationary antenna and pickup, in addition to a number of intermediate antennas mounted on the rim of a rotating disk. No such shift was detected, although the experiment should have had enough sensitivity to measure it, as predicted by the Lorentz transformations. However, using the Lorentz transformations to analyze the results of experiments involving circular motion, while commonly done, is inappropriate because such an analysis involves non-inertial frames, which are outside the range of validity of special relativity. In this paper, we re-analyze Thim's experiment using exact rotational space-time transformations, finding that his null result is consistent with theoretical predictions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number16
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Physical Journal Plus
Volume129
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2014

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