TITLE:
Massive Discrepancy between the General Theory of Relativity and the Latest Experiments Measuring the Constancy of the Speed of Light
AUTHORS:
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
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.17 No.5,
May
21,
2026
ABSTRACT: 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
Δν/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
Δν/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.