AbstractSTEP is one of a number of missions now being developed to take advantage of the quiet space environment to carry out very sensitive gravitational experiments. Using pairs of concentric free-falling proof-masses, STEP will be able to test the equivalence principle (EP) to a sensitivity at least five orders of magnitude better than currently achievable on ground. The EP is a founding principle of general relativity and STEP is the most sensitive experiment of this type planned so far, aiming at 1 part in 1018.


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    Titel :

    STEP (satellite test of the equivalence principle)


    Beteiligte:
    Sumner, T.J. (Autor:in) / Anderson, J. (Autor:in) / Blaser, J.-P. (Autor:in) / Cruise, A.M. (Autor:in) / Damour, T. (Autor:in) / Dittus, H. (Autor:in) / Everitt, C.W.F. (Autor:in) / Foulon, B. (Autor:in) / Jafry, Y. (Autor:in) / Kent, B.J. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 39 , 2 ; 254-258


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2006-09-14


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch