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Journal of Modern Physics 2026

Massive Discrepancy between the General Theory of Relativity and the Latest Experiments Measuring the Constancy of the Speed of Light

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2026.175024, PP. 515-535

Konstantinos Patrinos

Keywords: Constancy of the Speed of Light, Optical Resonator Experiments, Michelson-Morley Experiment, Light Speed with Respect to the Earth’s Rotating Frame, Anisotropies of the Speed of Light

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The theoretical study of optical resonator experiments in terms of the foundation of the theory of relativity gives an important result according to which the existence of a lowest limit to the ratio $Δ ν / ν$ arises, which is of the order of 10^?12, and is attributed to the rotational motion of the Earth. Given that the latest experimental results of measuring the ratio $Δ ν / ν$ , for the period from 2003 to 2015, are several orders of magnitude lower than the theoretically predicted, the present study highlights a massive discrepancy between the general theory of relativity and highly robust experimental data spanning over a decade that come from the latest experiments measuring the constancy of the speed of light.

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