Realistically, at least according to classical mechanics, the tick rate of a clock is bound to be affected by acceleration, unless the acceleration is part of the design of the clock as in a pendulum clock.
Harry Chambers, Robert (UK) wrote: > >> (The "clocks hypothesis" has also been >> experimentally >> verified, by the way.) > > Slight glitch in the previous email - sorry! > > To continue... > > I found this on the clock hypothesis: > http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/experiments.html#5.%20Twin > %20paradox > "The clock hypothesis states that the tick rate of a clock when measured in an > inertial frame depends only upon its velocity relative to that frame, and is > independent of its acceleration or higher derivatives." > > Are we not dealing with an accelerated frame, rather than an inertial one, in > the Sagnac effect? > > Rob > > ******************************************************************** > This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended > recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. > You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or > distribute its contents to any other person. > ******************************************************************** >
