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Synchronism by Slow Transport of Clocks in Noninertial Frames of Reference

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Allen I. Janis
Allen I. Janis*
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
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Abstract

The demonstration that slow transport of clocks can be used to define simultaneity in inertial frames of reference leads to the question of whether clock transport can similarly be used in noninertial frames. It is shown that there are certain types of reference frames in which the clock-transport method cannot be used in a self-consistent manner. It is also shown that there are other types of noninertial frames in which the clock-transport method will succeed. The discussion includes noninertial frames in flat space-time as well as the case of curved space-times.

Type
A Panel Discussion of Simultaneity By Slow Clock Transport in The Special and General Theories of Relativity
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , March 1969 , pp. 74 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 by The Philosophy of Science Association

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References

[1] Ellis, B. and Bowman, P., “Conventionality in Distant Simultaneity,” Philosophy of Science, vol. 34, 1967, pp. 116–136.CrossRefGoogle Scholar