Feasibility for Testing the Equivalence Principle with Optical Readout in Space
- 1 August 2011
- journal article
- general
- Published by IOP Publishing in Chinese Physics Letters
- Vol. 28 (8), 080401
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307x/28/8/080401
Abstract
A concept of testing the equivalence principle with optical readout in space (TEPO) has been proposed [J. Jpn. Soc. Microgravity Appl. 25 (2008) 423]. We further discuss the feasibility of TEPO using LISA (laser interferometer space antenna) Pathfinder technologies, such as a heterodyne interferometer, an inertial sensor, drag-free control and discharge technique, and determine that the equivalence principle could be tested at 8×10−17 with one day integration.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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