Relativistic location algorithm in curved spacetime

Feng, Justin C.; Hejda, Filip; Carloni, Sante

doi:10.1103/physrevd.106.044034

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“…Abel and Chaffee [19,20] used Lorentzian geometry in their interpretation of the Bancroft algorithm, providing conditions for the existence and unicity of solutions. Bancroft's solution has been recently considered in [21,22]. However, Bancroft's characteristic elements in terms of the RPS geometric ones have not been sufficiently interpreted up to now.…”

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Minkowskian Approach to the Pseudorange Navigation Equations

Serrano Montesinos,

Morales-Lladosa

2024

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Our starting point is the covariant coordinate transformation equation of a relativistic positioning system in Minkowski space–time that maps the receiver’s emission coordinates (proper times broadcast by the emitters) to its coordinates in some inertial reference frame. Bancroft’s analytical (closed-form) solution to the basic pseudorange navigation equations with four emitters is recovered, and the subjacent elements are geometrically interpreted. The case of four static beacons is analysed as a clarifying situation.

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Minkowskian Approach to the Pseudorange Navigation Equations

Serrano Montesinos,

Morales-Lladosa

2024

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Relativistic theory for time and frequency transfer through flowing media with an application to the atmosphere of Earth

Gersl¹

2023

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Context. Several space missions that will use atomic clocks on board of an Earth-orbiting satellite are planned for the near future, such as the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) or the Space Optical Clock on the International Space Station (I-SOC). The increasing accuracies of the developed clocks and of the links connecting them with ground stations impose corresponding accuracy requirements for theoretical models of electromagnetic signal propagation through the atmosphere of Earth and for the related time and frequency transfer corrections. For example, the fractional frequency accuracy of the optical lattice clock for the I-SOC project is about 10−17. Aims. We develop a relativistic model of one- and two-way time and frequency transfer. In addition to the gravitational effects, it also includes the effects of atmospheric refractivity and atmospheric flows within the relativistic framework. Methods. The model is based on an analytical solution of the equation of motion of a light ray in spacetime filled with a medium: the null geodesic equation of Gordon’s optical metric. Results. Explicit formulas for one- and two-way time and frequency transfer corrections are given using realistic fields of the gravitational potential, the refractive index, and the wind speed, taking nonstationarity and deviations from spherical symmetry into account. Numerical examples are provided that focus on two-way ground-to-satellite transfer, with satellite parameters similar to those of the International Space Station. The effect of the atmospheric refractive index increases as the satellite position moves from zenith to horizon, and it is shown that the effect ranges from 0 ps to 5 ps for two-way time transfer and from 10−17 to 10−13 for two-way frequency transfer, with a steep increase as the satellite approaches the horizon. The effect of the wind contribution is well below 1 ps for the two-way time transfer for normal atmospheric conditions, but for the two-way frequency transfer, the effect can be significant: A contribution of 10−17 is possible for a horizontal wind field with a velocity magnitude of about 11 m s−1. Conclusions. The atmospheric effects including the effect of wind should be considered in the forthcoming clock-on-satellite experiments such as ACES or I-SOC.

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Minkowskian Approach to the Pseudorange Navigation Equations

Montesinos,

Morales-Lladosa

2024

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Our starting point is the covariant coordinate transformation equation of a relativistic positioning system in Minkowski space-time, which maps the receiver’s emission coordinates (proper times broadcast by the emitters) to its coordinates in some inertial reference frame. Bancroft’s analytical (closed-form) solution to the basic pseudorange navigation equations with four emitters is recovered and the subjacent elements are geometrically interpreted. The case of four static beacons is analized as a clarifying situation.

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Relativistic location algorithm in curved spacetime

Cited by 4 publications

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Minkowskian Approach to the Pseudorange Navigation Equations

Minkowskian Approach to the Pseudorange Navigation Equations

Relativistic theory for time and frequency transfer through flowing media with an application to the atmosphere of Earth

Minkowskian Approach to the Pseudorange Navigation Equations

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