Clocks and chronogeometry : Rotating spacetimes and the relativistic null hypothesis

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Menon, Tushar, Linnemann, Niels and Read, James. (2020). Clocks and chronogeometry : Rotating spacetimes and the relativistic null hypothesis. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 71(4), pp. 1287-1317. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy055
AuthorsMenon, Tushar, Linnemann, Niels and Read, James
Abstract

Recent work in the physics literature demonstrates that, in particular classes of rotating spacetimes, physical light rays in general do not traverse null geodesics. Having presented this result, we discuss its philosophical significance, both for the clock hypothesis (and, in particular, a recent purported proof thereof for light clocks), and for the operational meaning of the metric field.

Year2020
JournalThe British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Journal citation71 (4), pp. 1287-1317
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISSN0007-0882
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy055
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