Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Aug 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989nascp3046..137w&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Relativistic Gravitational Experiments in Space p 137-140 (SEE N90-19940 12-90)
Statistics
Computation
Equivalence, Free Fall, Gravitational Fields, Relativity, Accuracy, Computational Astrophysics, Newton Theory, Sensitivity, Space Stations
Scientific paper
The Stanford Equivalence Principle Program (Worden, Jr. 1983) is intended to test the uniqueness of free fall to the ultimate possible accuracy. The program is being conducted in two phases: first, a ground-based version of the experiment, which should have a sensitivity to differences in rate of fall of one part in 1012; followed by an orbital experiment with a sensitivity of one part in 1017 or better. The ground-based experiment, although a sensitive equivalence principle test in its own right, is being used for technology development for the orbital experiment. A secondary goal of the experiment is a search for exotic forces. The instrument is very well suited for this search, which would be conducted mostly with the ground-based apparatus. The short range predicted for these forces means that forces originating in the Earth would not be detectable in orbit. But detection of Yukawa-type exotic forces from a nearby large satellite (such as Space Station) is feasible, and gives a very sensitive and controllable test for little more effort than the orbiting equivalence principle test itself.
Bye M.
Everitt W. Francis C.
Worden Paul W. Jr.
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