Historical perspective on testing the Equivalence Principle

Autor:	K. Nordtvedt, Thibault Damour, R. Reinhard, C. W. F. Everitt
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Atmospheric Science Inertial frame of reference Aerospace Engineering Astronomy and Astrophysics Gravitation Theoretical physics symbols.namesake Geophysics Space and Planetary Science symbols General Earth and Planetary Sciences Einstein Equivalence principle Equivalence (measure theory)
Zdroj:	Advances in Space Research. 32:1297-1300
ISSN:	0273-1177
DOI:	10.1016/s0273-1177(03)90335-8
Popis:	Few facts in science are more surprising and none has had a longer history than the apparent equivalence of the two kinds of mass in physics, gravitational and inertial. From Galileo and Newton to Eotvos and Einstein, it has been a compelling issue both theoretically and experimentally. Ground-based tests have now a precision of about 1 part in 10 12 . Even with this extraordinary agreement, there are profound theoretical reasons for carrying the measurements further. Our generation has the unique oppurtunity to make an advance of a factor of a million in testing the Equivalence Principle in space.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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