Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2009
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American Astronomical Society, IAU Symposium #261. Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy: Dynamics, Reference Frames, and Data Ana
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Many predictions of General Relativity have been successfully confirmed in the Solar System making it the best theory of gravity to date, despite the fact that all attempts at forming a single unified theory together with the Standard Model of particle physics have been unsuccessful. In recent years the discoveries of observational cosmology have led to dark energy in order to account for about 70% of the total mass in the universe; in addition to dark matter, which should account for more than 20%, and whose nature is not understood. It is therefore of great importance to put General Relativity to even more stringent test. Confirming its numerous predictions is useful; more important is to test its founding pillar, which is the Equivalence Principle. We shall discuss the main features of an experiment to test the Equivalence Principle, report on the state of the art and the prospects for significant improvements.
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