The MICROSCOPE mission: first results of a space test of the Equivalence Principle

Autor: Touboul, Pierre, Métris, Gilles, Rodrigues, Manuel, André, Yves, Baghi, Quentin, Bergé, Joel, Boulanger, Damien, Bremer, Stefanie, Carle, Patrice, Chhun, Ratana, Christophe, Bruno, Cipolla, Valerio, Damour, Thibault, Danto, Pascale, Dittus, Hansjoerg, Fayet, Pierre, Foulon, Bernard, Gageant, Claude, Guidotti, Pierre-Yves, Hagedorn, Daniel, Hardy, Emilie, Huynh, Phuong-Anh, Inchauspe, Henri, Kayser, Patrick, Lala, Stéphanie, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Lebat, Vincent, Leseur, Pierre, Liorzou, Françoise, List, Meike, Löffle, Frank, Panet, Isabelle, Pouilloux, Benjamin, Prieur, Pascal, Rebray, Alexandre, Reynaud, Serge, Rievers, Benny, Robert, Alain, Selig, Hanns, Serron, Laura, Sumner, Timothy, Tanguy, Nicolas, Visser, Pieter

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 231101 (2017)

According to the Weak Equivalence Principle, all bodies should fall at the same rate in a gravitational field. The MICROSCOPE satellite, launched in April 2016, aims to test its validity at the $10^{-15}$ precision level, by measuring the force requi

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1712.01176

MICROSCOPE Mission: First Results of a Space Test of the Equivalence Principle.

Autor: Touboul P; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Métris G; Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, IRD, Géoazur, 250 Avenue Albert Einstein, F-06560 Valbonne, France., Rodrigues M; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., André Y; CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31401 Toulouse, France., Baghi Q; Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, IRD, Géoazur, 250 Avenue Albert Einstein, F-06560 Valbonne, France., Bergé J; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Boulanger D; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Bremer S; ZARM, Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, D-28359 Bremen, Germany., Carle P; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Chhun R; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Christophe B; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Cipolla V; CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31401 Toulouse, France., Damour T; IHES, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, 35 route de Chartres, F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France., Danto P; CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31401 Toulouse, France., Dittus H; DLR, Köln Headquarters, Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany., Fayet P; LPTENS, École Normale Supérieure (PSL Research University), 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France., Foulon B; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Gageant C; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Guidotti PY; CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31401 Toulouse, France., Hagedorn D; PTB, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany., Hardy E; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Huynh PA; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Inchauspe H; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Kayser P; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Lala S; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Lämmerzahl C; ZARM, Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, D-28359 Bremen, Germany., Lebat V; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Leseur P; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Liorzou F; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., List M; ZARM, Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, D-28359 Bremen, Germany., Löffler F; PTB, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany., Panet I; IGN, Institut Géographique National, 73 Avenue de Paris, F-94160 Saint Mandé, France., Pouilloux B; CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31401 Toulouse, France., Prieur P; CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31401 Toulouse, France., Rebray A; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Reynaud S; Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, F-75005 Paris, France., Rievers B; ZARM, Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, D-28359 Bremen, Germany., Robert A; CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31401 Toulouse, France., Selig H; ZARM, Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, D-28359 Bremen, Germany., Serron L; Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, IRD, Géoazur, 250 Avenue Albert Einstein, F-06560 Valbonne, France., Sumner T; Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, United Kingdom., Tanguy N; ONERA, chemin de la Hunière, BP 80100, F-91123 Palaiseau Cedex, France., Visser P; Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands.

Publikováno v: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2017 Dec 08; Vol. 119 (23), pp. 231101. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 04.