Overview
- This edited volume contains a comprehensive collection of contributions presenting introduction, theory, technology, missions and projects on relativistic gravity in space
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 349)
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theory
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Front Matter
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Technologies
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
Over the next decade the gravitational physics community will benefit from dramatic improvements in many technologies critical to testing gravity. Highly accurate deep space navigation, interplanetary laser communication, interferometry and metrology, high precision frequency standards, precise pointing and attitude control, together with drag-free technologies, will revolutionize the field of experimental gravitational physics. The centennial of the general theory of relativity in 2015 will motivate a significant number of experiments designed to test this theory with unprecedented accuracy.
The purpose of the contributions in this book, written by international experts, is to explore the possibilities for the next 20 years for conducting gravitational experiments in space that would utilize both entirely new and highly improved existing capabilities.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lasers, Clocks and Drag-Free Control
Book Subtitle: Exploration of Relativistic Gravity in Space
Editors: Hansjorg Dittus, Claus Lammerzahl, Slava G. Turyshev
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34377-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-34376-9Published: 04 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07073-0Published: 25 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-34377-6Published: 02 September 2009
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 642
Number of Illustrations: 176 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)