Testing the equivalence principle: why and how?

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/11A/005zbMATH Open0875.83024arXivgr-qc/9606080MaRDI QIDQ5689683FDOQ5689683

Authors: Thibault Damour 

Publication date: 5 February 1997

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

Abstract: Part of the theoretical motivation for improving the present level of testing of the equivalence principle is reviewed. The general rationale for optimizing the choice of pairs of materials to be tested is presented. One introduces a simplified rationale based on a trichotomy of competing classes of theoretical models.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9606080

zbMATH Keywords

competing classes of theoretical modelstesting of the equivalence principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05)

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