The Gravity Probe B test of general relativity

被引：111

作者：

Everitt, C. W. F. ^{[1
]}

Muhlfelder, B. ^{[1
]}

DeBra, D. B. ^{[1
]}

Parkinson, B. W. ^{[1
]}

Turneaure, J. P. ^{[1
]}

Silbergleit, A. S. ^{[1
]}

Acworth, E. B. ^{[1
]}

Adams, M. ^{[1
]}

Adler, R. ^{[1
]}

Bencze, W. J. ^{[1
]}

Berberian, J. E. ^{[1
]}

Bernier, R. J. ^{[1
]}

Bower, K. A. ^{[1
]}

Brumley, R. W. ^{[1
]}

Buchman, S. ^{[1
]}

Burns, K. ^{[1
,4
]}

Clarke, B. ^{[1
]}

Conklin, J. W. ^{[1
]}

Eglington, M. L. ^{[1
]}

Green, G. ^{[1
]}

Gutt, G. ^{[1
]}

Gwo, D. H. ^{[1
]}

Hanuschak, G. ^{[1
]}

He, X. ^{[1
]}

Heifetz, M. I. ^{[1
]}

Hipkins, D. N. ^{[1
]}

Holmes, T. J. ^{[1
]}

Kahn, R. A. ^{[1
]}

Keiser, G. M. ^{[1
]}

Kozaczuk, J. A. ^{[1
]}

Langenstein, T. ^{[1
]}

Li, J. ^{[1
]}

Lipa, J. A. ^{[1
]}

Lockhart, J. M. ^{[1
]}

Luo, M. ^{[1
]}

Mandel, I. ^{[1
]}

Marcelja, F. ^{[1
]}

Mester, J. C. ^{[1
]}

Ndili, A. ^{[1
]}

Ohshima, Y. ^{[1
]}

Overduin, J. ^{[1
]}

Salomon, M. ^{[1
]}

Santiago, D. I. ^{[1
]}

Shestople, P. ^{[1
]}

Solomonik, V. G. ^{[1
]}

Stahl, K. ^{[1
]}

Taber, M. ^{[1
]}

Van Patten, R. A. ^{[1
]}

Wang, S. ^{[1
]}

Wade, J. R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, New York, NY USA

[3] NASA, Ames Space Flight Ctr, New York, NY USA

[4] Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD USA

[5] King Abdulaziz City Sci & Technol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

来源：

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY | 2015年 / 32卷 / 22期

关键词：

Gravity Probe B; general relativity; gyroscope; cryogenic; space; geodetic; frame-dragging;

D O I：

10.1088/0264-9381/32/22/224001

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Gravity Probe B mission provided two new quantitative tests of Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity (GR), by cryogenic gyroscopes in Earth's orbit. Data from four gyroscopes gave a geodetic drift-rate of -6601.8 +/- 18.3 marc-s yr(-1) and a frame-dragging of -37.2 +/- 7.2 marcs yr(-1), to be compared with GR predictions of -6606.1 and -39.2 marcs yr(-1) (1 marc-s = 4.848 x 10(-9) radians). The present paper introduces the science, engineering, data analysis, and heritage of Gravity Probe B, detailed in the accompanying 20 CQG papers.

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