ACCELERATED OBSERVERS - SYNCHRONIZATION AND TESTS OF LOCAL LORENTZ INVARIANCE

A preferred-frame test theory formulated for accelerated frames is obt ained by adapting the differential geometric analysis of an accelerate d observer. This analysis explicitly incorporates the conventionality of the one-way speed of light resulting from the freedom in clock sync hronization, allowing a discussion of the role of synchrony in test th eories. The Sagnac effect is investigated within the test theory, enab ling the use of a precision ring laser to bound parameters of the theo ry and thus to test local Lorentz invariance.