Time and frequency transfers in optical spacetime
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| author | Bourgoin, Adrien Teyssandier, Pierre Tortora, Paolo Zannoni, Marco |
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| contents | Solving the null geodesic equations for a ray of light is a difficult task even considering a stationary spacetime. The problem becomes even more difficult if the electromagnetic signal propagates through a flowing optical medium. Indeed, because of the interaction between light and matter, the signal does not follow a null geodesic path of the spacetime metric anymore. However, having a clear description of how the time and frequency transfers are affected in this very situation is of a prime importance in astronomy. As a matter of fact, ranging to satellites and Moon, very long baseline interferometry, global navigation satellite systems, and radio occultation experiments are few examples of techniques involving light propagation in flowing optical media. By applying the time transfer functions formalism to optical spacetime, we show that the time and frequency transfers can be determined iteratively up to any desired order within the quasi-Minkowskian path approximation. We present some applications in the context of radio occultation experiments and discuss possible future applications to the modeling of tropospheric delays. |
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| spellingShingle | Time and frequency transfers in optical spacetime Bourgoin, Adrien Teyssandier, Pierre Tortora, Paolo Zannoni, Marco General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Solving the null geodesic equations for a ray of light is a difficult task even considering a stationary spacetime. The problem becomes even more difficult if the electromagnetic signal propagates through a flowing optical medium. Indeed, because of the interaction between light and matter, the signal does not follow a null geodesic path of the spacetime metric anymore. However, having a clear description of how the time and frequency transfers are affected in this very situation is of a prime importance in astronomy. As a matter of fact, ranging to satellites and Moon, very long baseline interferometry, global navigation satellite systems, and radio occultation experiments are few examples of techniques involving light propagation in flowing optical media. By applying the time transfer functions formalism to optical spacetime, we show that the time and frequency transfers can be determined iteratively up to any desired order within the quasi-Minkowskian path approximation. We present some applications in the context of radio occultation experiments and discuss possible future applications to the modeling of tropospheric delays. |
| title | Time and frequency transfers in optical spacetime |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14834 |