2003/03/07 by Bahram Mashhoon, Mashhoon, Bahram
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #astro-ph #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0303029
LaTeX file, no figures, 14 pages, to appear in: "Relativity in Rotating Frames", edited by G. Rizzi and M.L. Ruggiero (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003)
arxiv created 2003/03/07 · openalex publication_date 2003/03/07 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The hypothesis of locality, its origin and consequences are discussed. This supposition is necessary for establishing the local spacetime frame of accelerated observers; in this connection, the measurement of length in a rotating system is considered in detail. Various limitations of the hypothesis of locality are examined.