Gravity probe B data analysis: Status and potential for improved accuracy of scientific results

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 53-69

  Everitt, C W F ^a,b   Adams, M ^a   Bencze, W ^a   Buchman, S ^a   Clarke, B ^a   Conklin, J W ^a   Debra, D B ^a   Dolphin, M ^a   Heifetz, M ^a   Hipkins, D ^a   Holmes, T ^a   Keiser, G M ^a   Kolodziejczak, J ^a,b   Li, J ^a   Lipa, J ^a   Lockhart, J M ^a   Mester, J C ^a   Muhlfelder, B ^a   Ohshima, Y ^a   Parkinson, B W ^a   Salomon, M ^a   Silbergleit, A ^a   Solomonik, V ^a   Stahl, K ^a   Taber, M ^a   Turneaure, J P ^a   Wang, S ^a   Worden Jr , P W ^a   more..

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Frame dragging; General Relativity; Lense Thirring

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EARTH ORBITS; FRAME-DRAGGING; GENERAL RELATIVITY; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITY PROBE-B; LENSE-THIRRING; NEWTONIANS; SCALE FACTOR; SCIENCE OPERATIONS; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; TORQUE MODELING; TRAPPED FLUX; TURNING POINTS;

EARTH (PLANET); GRAVITATION; GYROSCOPES; PROBES; RELATIVITY; RESONANCE; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TORQUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 75749136972     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9524-7     Document Type: Article

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