STEP (satellite test of the equivalence principle)

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-258

  Sumner, T J ^a   Anderson, J ^b   Blaser, J P ^c   Cruise, A M ^d   Damour, T ^e   Dittus, H ^f   Everitt, C W F ^g   Foulon, B ^h   Jafry, Y ⁱ   Kent, B J ^j   Lockerbie, N ^k   Loeffler, F ^l   Mann, G ^b   Mester, J ^g   Pegrum, C ^k   Reinhardt, R ⁱ   Sandford, M ^j   Scheicher, A ^f   Speake, C C ^d   Torii, R ^g   Theil, S ^f   Touboul, P ^h   Vitale, S ^m   Vodel, W ⁿ   Worden, P W ^g   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ONERA   (France)

ⁱ EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^j RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^l PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^m Facolt di Ingegneria   (Italy)

ⁿ FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Equivalence principle; General relativity; Gravitational experiments; STEP

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELATIVITY; SATELLITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; GENERAL RELATIVITY; GRAVITATIONAL EXPERIMENTS; STEP;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34047214520     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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