Orbital mechanics of free-falling bodies for testing the weak equivalence principle in space

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/1/002MaRDI QIDQ4399343zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Y. Jafry

Publication date 18 October 1998

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/15/1/002

zbMATH Keywords

orbital mechanicsdifferential accelerometersweak equivalence principleEP violation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05)

Recommendations

• Can the equivalence principle be tested with freely orbiting masses?
• On the possibility of testing the weak equivalence principle with artificial Earth satellites
• In-orbit calibration approach of the MICROSCOPE experiment for the test of the equivalence principle at 10  ¹⁵
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1530449
• General relativity in space and sensitive tests of the equivalence principle

Cited in

(6)

• DC cancellation as a method of generating a t ² -response and of solving the radial position error in a concentric free-falling two-sphere equivalence-principle experiment in a drag-free satellite
• In-orbit calibration approach of the MICROSCOPE experiment for the test of the equivalence principle at 10  ¹⁵
• Gravitational perturbations on local experiments in a satellite: The dragging of inertial frame in the HYPER project
• Can the equivalence principle be tested with freely orbiting masses?
• Gauge Freedom in Orbital Mechanics
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1530449 (Why is no real title available?)

This page was built for publication: Orbital mechanics of free-falling bodies for testing the weak equivalence principle in space

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q4399343)