A quick test of the WEP enabled by a sounding rocket

被引：13

作者：

Reasenberg, Robert D. ^{[1
]}

Lorenzini, Enrico C. ^{[2
]}

Patla, Biju R. ^{[1
]}

Phillips, James D. ^{[1
]}

Popescu, Eugeniu E. ^{[1
]}

Rocco, Emanuele ^{[1
]}

Thapa, Rajesh ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Smithsonian Astrophys Observ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Univ Padua, Fac Engn, I-35122 Padua, Italy

来源：

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY | 2011年 / 28卷 / 09期

关键词：

EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; STEP; SATELLITE;

D O I：

10.1088/0264-9381/28/9/094014

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We describe SR-POEM, a Galilean test of the weak equivalence principle (WEP), 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 WEP measurement is made with a set of four laser gauges that are expected to achieve 0.1 pm Hz(-1/2). 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 equal 0) would have profound implications for physics, astrophysics and cosmology.

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