The Gravity Probe B test of general relativity

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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
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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