Nonlocal Special Relativity: Amplitude Shift in Spin-Rotation Coupling
The standard theory of relativity is based on the hypothesis of locality. The locality principle assumes that an object is affected only by its immediate surroundings and not by variables in the past. It follows that in standard relativity theory even wave properties are measured instantaneously. This contradicts the Bohr-Rosenfeld principle, according to which fields cannot be determined instantaneously. Nonlocal special relativity resolves the problem by taking past history into account. The current status of nonlocal electrodynamics is discussed and a new consequence of nonlocality, namely, a certain additional amplitude shift due to nonlocality in the spin-rotation coupling is presented.