| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1768432 | Advances in Space Research | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
STEP is one of a number of missions now being developed to take advantage of the quiet space environment to carry out very sensitive gravitational experiments. Using pairs of concentric free-falling proof-masses, STEP will be able to test the equivalence principle (EP) to a sensitivity at least five orders of magnitude better than currently achievable on ground. The EP is a founding principle of general relativity and STEP is the most sensitive experiment of this type planned so far, aiming at 1 part in 1018.
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Authors
T.J. Sumner, J. Anderson, J.-P. Blaser, A.M. Cruise, T. Damour, H. Dittus, C.W.F. Everitt, B. Foulon, Y. Jafry, B.J. Kent, N. Lockerbie, F. Loeffler, G. Mann, J. Mester, C. Pegrum, R. Reinhardt, M. Sandford, A. Scheicher, C.C. Speake, R. Torii, S. Theil,