Observers in Spacetime and Nonlocality
arXiv:1211.1077 · doi:10.1002/andp.201200208
Abstract
Characteristics of observers in relativity theory are critically examined. For field measurements in Minkowski spacetime, the Bohr-Rosenfeld principle implies that the connection between actual (i.e., noninertial) and inertial observers must be nonlocal. Nonlocal electrodynamics of non-uniformly rotating observers is discussed and the consequences of this theory for the phenomenon of spin-rotation coupling are briefly explored.
18 pages, accepted for publication in Annalen der Physik; v2: minor improvements