Gyros, Clocks, Interferometers…: Testing Relativistic Gravity in Space

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Overview

   1. An Overview of Solar System Gravitational Physics: The Theory—Experiment Interface

      • Kenneth Nordtvedt

      Pages 3-14

   2. Determination of the Gravitational Constant

      • Stephan Schlamminger, Eugen Holzschuh, Walter Kündig, Frithjof Nolting, Jürgen Schurr

      Pages 15-28

3. The Lense—Thrirring Effect

   1. The Lense—Thirring Effect: From the Basic Notions to the Observed Effects

      • Claus Lämmerzahl, Gernot Neugebauer

      Pages 31-51

   2. Gravity Probe B: Countdown to Launch

      • C.W.F. Everitt, S. Buchman, D.B. DeBra, G.M. Keiser, J.M. Lockhart, B. Muhlfelder et al.

      Pages 52-82

   3. Gravitomagnetism and the Clock Effect

      • Bahram Mashhoon, Frank Gronwald, Herbert I.M. Lichtenegger

      Pages 83-108

   4. Spinning Relativistic Particles in External Fields

      • Iosip B. Khriplovich

      Pages 109-128

4. Detection of Gravitational Waves

   1. The GEO 600 Gravitational Wave Detector Status, Research, Development

      • Albrecht Rüdiger, Karsten Danzmann

      Pages 131-140

   2. Gravitational Radiation Theory and Light Propagation

      • Luc Blanchet, Sergei Kopeikin, Gerhard Schäfer

      Pages 141-166

   3. Relic Gravitational Waves and Their Detection

      • Leonid P. Grishchuk

      Pages 167-192

5. The Equivalence Principle

   1. Principles of Equivalence: Their Role in Gravitation Physics and Experiments That Test Them

      • Mark P. Haugan, C. Lämmerzahl

      Pages 195-212

   2. STEP: A Status Report

      • Nick Lockerbie, John C. Mester, Rodney Torii, Stefano Vitale, Paul W. Worden

      Pages 213-247

   3. High Sensitive DC SQUID Based Position Detectors for Application in Gravitational Experiments at the Drop Tower Bremen

      • Wolfgang Vodel, Hansjörg Dittus, Sandor Nietzsche, Helmar Koch, J. v. Zameck Glyscinski, Ralf Neubert et al.

      Pages 248-272

   4. Space Accelerometers: Present Status

      • Pierre Touboul

      Pages 273-291

   5. Searching for Extra Dimensions and New String-Inspired Forces in the Casimir Regime

      • Dennis E. Krause, Ephraim Fischbach

      Pages 292-309

   6. Relativistic Effects in the Motion of the Moon

      • Bahram Mashhoon, Dietmar S. Theiss

      Pages 310-316

   7. Lunar Laser Ranging — A Comprehensive Probe of the Post-Newtonian Long Range Interaction

      • Kenneth Nordtvedt

      Pages 317-329

   8. Testing Relativistic Gravityand Measuring Solar System Parameters via Optical Space Missions

      • Wei-Tou Ni

      Pages 330-343

6. Clocks and Rods

   1. Clocks for Length and Time Measurement

      • Fritz Riehle

      Pages 347-368

   2. SpaceTime Mission: Clock Test of Relativityat Four Solar Radii

      • Lute Maleki, John Prestage

      Pages 369-380

Many new tests of gravity and, in particular, of Einstein's general relativity theory will be carried out in the near future: The Lense--Thirring effect and the equivalence principle will be tested in space; moreover, gravitational waves will be detected, and new atomic interferometers and clocks will be built for measurements in gravitational and inertial fields. New high-precision devices have made these experiments feasible. They will contribute to a better understanding of gravitational physics. Both experimental developments and the theoretical concepts are collected in this volume. Exhaustive reviews give an overall insight into the subject of experimental gravitation.

• Equivalence Principle
• Gravitation
• Gravitational constant
• Gravity
• Interferometry
• Relativity
• general relativity
• gravitational Waves

"Contributions are of highest quality, illustrations and figures have been carefully selected and are didactically useful, the layout is excellent. The interested reader learns about the state of the art in the field of experimental gravity [...]. The book is highly recommendable indeed." (General Relativity and Gravitation, 34/4, 2002)

• Institute for Experimental Physics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, German

  Claus Lämmerzahl

• W.W.Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

  C. W. Francis Everitt

• Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

  Friedrich W. Hehl

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