Gyros, Clocks, Interferometers...: Testing Relativistic Gravity in Space

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• Other Authors: Lämmerzahl, C. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Everitt, C.W.F (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hehl, F.W (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 562
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Physical measurements.; Measurement .; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

Many new tests of gravity and, in particular, of Einstein's general relativity theory will be carried out in the near future: The Lense--Thirring effect and the equivalence principle will be tested in space; moreover, gravitational waves will be detected, and new atomic interferometers and cloc...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• An Overview of Solar System Gravitational Physics: The Theory-Experiment Interface
• Determination of the Gravitational Constant
• The Lense-Thrirring Effect
• The Lense-Thirring Effect: From the Basic Notions to the Observed Effects
• Gravity Probe B: Countdown to Launch
• Gravitomagnetism and the Clock Effect
• Spinning Relativistic Particles in External Fields
• Detection of Gravitational Waves
• The GEO 600 Gravitational Wave Detector Status, Research, Development
• Gravitational Radiation Theory and Light Propagation
• Relic Gravitational Waves and Their Detection
• The Equivalence Principle
• Principles of Equivalence: Their Role in Gravitation Physics and Experiments That Test Them
• STEP: A Status Report
• High Sensitive DC SQUID Based Position Detectors for Application in Gravitational Experiments at the Drop Tower Bremen
• Space Accelerometers: Present Status
• Searching for Extra Dimensions and New String-Inspired Forces in the Casimir Regime
• Relativistic Effects in the Motion of the Moon
• Lunar Laser Ranging - A Comprehensive Probe of the Post-Newtonian Long Range Interaction
• Testing Relativistic Gravityand Measuring Solar System Parameters via Optical Space Missions
• Clocks and Rods
• Clocks for Length and Time Measurement
• SpaceTime Mission: Clock Test of Relativityat Four Solar Radii
• Pulsar Timing - Strong Gravity Clock Experiments
• Quantum Tests of General Relativity
• Relativistic Phase Shifts for Dirac Particles Interacting with Weak Gravitational Fields in Matter-Wave Interferometers
• Spin in Gravity
• Spin in Special and General Relativity
• Testing the Dirac Equation
• Electromagnetic Field and Gravity
• How Does the Electromagnetic Field Couple to Gravity, in Particular to Metric, Nonmetricity, Torsion, and Curvature?.