Satellite laser-ranging as a probe of fundamental physics

I Ciufolini, R Matzner, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
I Ciufolini, R Matzner, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis, G Sindoni, J Ries, V Gurzadyan, R Koenig
Scientific Reports, 2019nature.com
Satellite laser-ranging is successfully used in space geodesy, geodynamics and Earth
sciences; and to test fundamental physics and specific features of General Relativity. We
present a confirmation to approximately one part in a billion of the fundamental weak
equivalence principle (“uniqueness of free fall”) in the Earth's gravitational field, obtained
with three laser-ranged satellites, at previously untested range and with previously untested
materials. The weak equivalence principle is at the foundation of General Relativity and of …
Abstract
Satellite laser-ranging is successfully used in space geodesy, geodynamics and Earth sciences; and to test fundamental physics and specific features of General Relativity. We present a confirmation to approximately one part in a billion of the fundamental weak equivalence principle (“uniqueness of free fall”) in the Earth’s gravitational field, obtained with three laser-ranged satellites, at previously untested range and with previously untested materials. The weak equivalence principle is at the foundation of General Relativity and of most gravitational theories.
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