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Tests of relativistic gravity from space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2010

Slava G. Turyshev
Slava G. Turyshev*
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-0899, USA email: turyshev@jpl.nasa.gov
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Abstract

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Recent experiments have successfully tested Einstein's general theory of relativity to remarkable precision. We discuss recent progress in the tests of relativistic gravity in the solar system and present motivations for the new generation of high-accuracy gravitational experiments. We especially focus on the concepts aiming to probe parameterized-post-Newtonian parameter γ and evaluate the discovery potential of the recently proposed experiments.

Keywords

General relativitymodified gravityscalar-tensor theoriesspace-based experiments
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S261: Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy: Dynamics, Reference Frames, and Data Analysis , April 2009 , pp. 204 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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