A quick test of the WEP enabled by a sounding rocket

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2010-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/1011.3467v1

Class.Quant.Grav.28:094014,2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

10 pages, 2 figures, To be submitted to: Classical and Quantum Gravity

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/28/9/094014

We describe SR-POEM, a Galilean test of the weak equivalence principle, which is to be conducted during the free fall portion of a sounding rocket flight. This test of a single pair of substances is aimed at a measurement uncertainty of \sigma(\eta) < 10-16 after averaging the results of eight separate drops, each of 40 s duration. The weak equivalence principle measurement is made with a set of four laser gauges that are expected to achieve 0.1 pm/\sqrt{Hz}. We address the two sources of systematic error that are currently of greatest concern, magnetic force and electrostatic (patch effect) force on the test mass assemblies. The discovery of a violation (\eta \not= 0) would have profound implications for physics, astrophysics and cosmology.

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