Test of the equivalence principle in space.

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Dec 1993

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Nuovo Cimento C, Vol. 16, N. 6, p. 789 - 793

Physics

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Space Missions: General Relativity

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Any violation of the equivalence principle (EP) between test masses in the near-Earth orbit is about 500 times bigger than on the ground, which makes the case for a space experiment very strong. Indeed, ESA and NASA are currently studying at Phase A level the space mission STEP, whose main goal is to test the universality of free fall to 1 part in 1017 by means of a combination of very advanced technologies. The author discusses the key features of STEP as well as some novel ideas about the possibility of testing the equivalence principle at room temperature in a non-drag-free satellite.

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