New Test of the Synchronization Procedure in Noninertial Systems
- 26 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 39 (26) , 1641-1643
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.39.1641
Abstract
The method of synchronizing clocks in accelerating frames through the use of electromagnetic signals can be tested experimentally by considering clocks placed in a set of synchronous satellites about Earth's equator. In synchronizing the clocks in a circuit about the equator, a large measurable time difference (9 μsec) is obtained between the two clocks in the same satellite from which the synchronization process is started and completed. Similarly, Earth's rotation may cause discrepancies in terrestrial time keeping.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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