Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2008
Department
Department of Physics and Computer Science
Abstract
General Relativity predicts the existence of relativistic corrections to the static Newtonian potential which can be calculated and verified experimentally. The idea leading to quantum corrections at large distances is that of the interactions of massless particles which only involve their coupling energies at low energies. In this short paper we attempt to propose the Sagnac interferometric technique as a way of detecting the relativistic correction suggested for the Newtonian potential, and thus obtaining an estimate for phase difference using a satellite orbiting at an altitude of 250 km above the surface of the Earth.
Recommended Citation
Haranas, I., Harney, M. Detection of the Relativistic Corrections to the Gravitational Potential Using a Sagnac Interferometer. Progress in Physics 2008(3), 3-8.
Comments
"Detection of the Relativistic Corrections to the Gravitational Potential Using a Sagnac Interferometer" originally appeared in Progress in Physics and is licenced under CC BY-N-ND 2.5. Copyright © 2008 Ioannis Haranas and MIchael Harney.