Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2018) 133: 53
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-11884-4

Regular Article

Some remarks about the effects of acceleration on time dilation in experiments with a Mössbauer source

Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Piazza Roma 21, 82100, Benevento, Italy

^* e-mail: elmobenedetto@libero.it

Received: 13 December 2017
Accepted: 17 January 2018
Published online: 14 February 2018

Abstract

We suggest an alternative interpretation of the experimental results obtained studying the circular accelerated motion of a rotor that plays the role of an absorber of photons emitted by a Mössbauer source. A spectral shift was discovered and interpreted in the light of a generalized relativistic theory with maximal acceleration. Alternatively we propose that the shift could be explained by a time-dependent Doppler effect in standard relativity.