Phenomenology of the Lense-Thirring effect in the solar system

L Iorio, HIM Lichtenegger, ML Ruggiero… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2011 - Springer
Recent years have seen increasing efforts to directly measure some aspects of the general
relativistic gravitomagnetic interaction in several astronomical scenarios in the solar system …

Bose-Einstein condensation in microgravity

T van Zoest, N Gaaloul, Y Singh, H Ahlers, W Herr… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Albert Einstein's insight that it is impossible to distinguish a local experiment in a “freely
falling elevator” from one in free space led to the development of the theory of general …

Towards a one percent measurement of frame dragging by spin with satellite laser ranging to LAGEOS, LAGEOS 2 and LARES and GRACE gravity models

I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis, JC Ries… - Space Science …, 2009 - Springer
During the past century Einstein's theory of General Relativity gave rise to an experimental
triumph; however, there are still aspects of this theory to be measured or more accurately …

Analytical solution of the geodesic equation in Kerr-(anti-) de Sitter space-times

E Hackmann, C Lämmerzahl, V Kagramanova… - Physical Review D …, 2010 - APS
The complete analytical solutions of the geodesic equations in Kerr-de Sitter and Kerr-anti-
de Sitter space-times are presented. They are expressed in terms of Weierstrass elliptic℘, ζ …

Laser geodetic satellites: a high-accuracy scientific tool

M Pearlman, D Arnold, M Davis, F Barlier, R Biancale… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) began in the mid-1960s on satellites of opportunity
with retro-reflectors intended as a part of intercomparison tests of satellite tracking …

A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model: Measurement of Earth's dragging of inertial frames

I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis, R Koenig… - The European Physical …, 2016 - Springer
We present a test of general relativity, the measurement of the Earth's dragging of inertial
frames. Our result is obtained using about 3.5 years of laser-ranged observations of the …

Editorial for the special issue 100 years of chronogeometrodynamics: the status of the Einstein's theory of gravitation in its centennial year

L Iorio - Universe, 2015 - mdpi.com
The present Editorial introduces the Special Issue dedicated by the journal Universe to the
General Theory of Relativity, the beautiful theory of gravitation of Einstein, a century after its …

An improved test of the general relativistic effect of frame-dragging using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites

I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis, G Sindoni… - The European Physical …, 2019 - Springer
We report the improved test of frame-dragging, an intriguing phenomenon predicted by
Einstein's General Relativity, obtained using 7 years of Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) data …

Frame-dragging: meaning, myths, and misconceptions

LFO Costa, J Natário - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
Originally introduced in connection with general relativistic Coriolis forces, the term frame-
dragging is associated today with a plethora of effects related to the off-diagonal element of …

Gravito-electromagnetic analogies

LFO Costa, J Natário - General Relativity and Gravitation, 2014 - Springer
We reexamine and further develop different gravito-electromagnetic analogies found in the
literature, and clarify the connection between them. Special emphasis is placed in two exact …