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Space clocks to test relativiy: ACES and SAGAS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2010

Peter Wolf ,
Christophe Salomon  and
Serge Reynaud
Peter Wolf
Affiliation:
LNE-SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC 61, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
Christophe Salomon
Affiliation:
LNE-SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC 61, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
Serge Reynaud
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, UPMC, CNRS, Case 74, Campus Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France
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Abstract

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Atomic clocks are an outstanding tool for the experimental verification of general relativity and more generally for fundamental astronomy (VLBI, pulsar timing, navigation, etc). Recent years have seen a rapid improvement in the performance of such clocks, promising new improved tests of relativity, in particular onboard terrestrial and interplanetary space missions. We present the scientific motivations of such tests taking the ACES Salomon et al. and SAGAS Wolf et al. (2009) projects as particular examples.

Keywords

tests of general relativityatomic clocksfundamental physics in space

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