General relativity tests with space clocks in highly elliptic orbits
- Jetzer, Philippe Department of Physics, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- 2017-4-23
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- International Journal of Modern Physics D. - World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt. - 2017, vol. 26, no. 05, p. 1741014
English
The test of the Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) is of crucial importance as a deviation from it could hint to quantum effects in gravity or to unification with the other fundamental forces. One aspect of EEP is the local position invariance (LPI), which can be tested by measuring the gravitational red-shift. As an example of a possible space mission which could test the EEP, we will discuss a recently proposed satellite experiment, Einstein Gravitational RedShift Probe (E-GRIP), with the aim to test LPI using an hydrogen maser atomic clock on a highly elliptic orbit around Earth and compare the on-board clock to clocks located on Earth via a microwave link.
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- DOI 10.1142/s0218271817410140
- ISSN 0218-2718
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