AbstractFew 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 Eötvös and Einstein, it has been a compelling issue both theoretically and experimentally. Ground-based tests have now a precision of about 1 part in 1012. 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.


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    Titel :

    Historical perspective on testing the Equivalence Principle


    Beteiligte:
    Everitt, C.W.F. (Autor:in) / Damour, T. (Autor:in) / Nordtvedt, K. (Autor:in) / Reinhard, R. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 32 , 7 ; 1297-1300


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2003-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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