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OPTIS: High-Precision Tests of Special and General Relativity in Space

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Lasers, Clocks and Drag-Free Control

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The OPTIS mission is a satellite equipped with a variety of clocks and laser ranging and tracking facilities for performing improved tests of the foundations as well as predictions of special and general relativity. This mission makes advantage of the space conditions of large differences in the velocity and the gravitational potential. Here, we report on recent progress made in the studies of the behavior of the resonator in the field of a gravity gradient.

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  1. Am Fallturm, University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Claus Lammerzahl & Hansjorg Dittus

  2. Institut für Physik, Humboldt University of Berlin, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Achim Peters

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany

    Silvia Scheithauer

  4. Institut für Experimentalphysik, HeinrichHeineUniversitat Dusseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Stephan Schiller

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  2. California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, 91109, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Slava G. Turyshev

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Lammerzahl, C., Dittus, H., Peters, A., Scheithauer, S., Schiller, S. (2008). OPTIS: High-Precision Tests of Special and General Relativity in Space. In: Dittus, H., Lammerzahl, C., Turyshev, S.G. (eds) Lasers, Clocks and Drag-Free Control. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 349. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34377-6_24

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