Laser clocks and near field gravity of rotating objects
- Author:
- Hafele, Joseph C.
- Published:
- Sep 1, 1988.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
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- This work explores the feasibliity of using high performance laser clocks to detect effects of rotation in the near field region of the Earth's gravitational field. According to general relativity, the time recorded by an independent clock is the proper time of the space-time metric that applies to the system under consideration. If the gravitational source is stationary (nonrotating), proper time involves only the speed of the clocks and the scalar gravitational potential at the position of the clocks. However, if the source is rotating, the motion of the source could have an effect on the metric. Previous attempts to calculate the relativistic timekeeping for terrestrial clocks have used the metric for a nonrotating system, primarily because metrics for a rotating system were not available. This work investigates the specific effects of rotation on the Earth's gravitational field and the corresponding effect on timekeeping of laser clocks in the near field environment.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19890005540.
Accession ID: 89N14911.
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