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We briefly review Lorentz invariance and the locality principle, which are the grounds of the theory of Relativity. Subsequently we discuss some recent claims about local anisotropy in the speed of light, as observed in a non inertial frame, and especially in a rotating frame. We show that a standard analysis of a typical physical measurement of the speed of light performed in a rotating frame leads to global anisotropic effects which vanish as the size of the experimental apparatus becomes negligible with respect to the typical lengthscales involved in the non inertial motion of the observer. The expected effects seem too small to be detected with the actual sensitivities at our disposal.
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Sorge, F. (2004). Local and Global Anisotropy in the Speed of Light. In: Rizzi, G., Ruggiero, M.L. (eds) Relativity in Rotating Frames. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 135. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0528-8_10
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