Testing the
Equivalence Principle
in Space and on Ground
Pescara, September 20 - 23, 2004
| Arrival: | Sunday, September 19, 2004. |
| Begin of conference: | Monday, September 20, 2004, 9 a.m. |
| End of conference: | Thursday, September 23, 2004, 5 p.m.. |
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The conference
will be held at the International Center
for Relativistic Astrophysics ICRA in Pescara
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R. Bingham (RAL, UK)
Ch. J. Bordé (Univ. Paris)
A.M. Cruise (Univ. Birmingham)
T. Damour (IHES, Paris)
C.W.F. Everitt (Univ. Stanford)
C. Lämmerzahl (Univ. Bremen)
R. Reinhard (ESA)
R. Ruffini (Univ. Rome)
G. Schäfer (Univ. Jena)
T. Sumner (Imerial College, London)
P. Touboul (ONERA, Paris)
S. Vitale (Univ. Trento)
| C. Lämmerzahl | surface: | ZARM University of Bremen Am Fallturm 28359 Bremen Germany |
| e-mail: | laemmerzahl@zarm.uni-bremen.de | |
| Phone: | +49(0)421-218-8687 | |
| Fax: | +49(0)421-218-2521 |
C. Bianco (chair)
F. Frascetti
Xue She Sheng
The meaning of
the Equivalence Principle
versions of the EP, mathematical formulation, extended
objects, geometrization, implication for metrology
Violations of the
Equivalence Principle?
general scheme, quantum gravity motivated scenarios, spin, anti-matter
Ground-based tests
of the Equivalence Principle
free fall tests, torsion balance, GGG, cryogenic methods
Laser Ranging and tests of the Equivalence Prinicple
MICROSCOPE
mission design, payload, error analysis, FEEPs
STEP
mission design, test mass, SQUID, EPS, drag-free-control, heluim-tide
control, dewar, error analysis
Alternative concepts
for space tests
GG, SEE, baloon test
Quantum tests
neutrons, atom interferometry, anti-matter, BEC
09:00 - 09:10 Ruffini
Welcome and Introduction
09:10 - 09:50 Everitt
Reflections on the History of Testing Equivalence and Their Relevance
to Space-Based Experiments
09:50 - 10:35 Ehlers
The Meaning of the Equivalence Principle I
10:30 - 11:00 coffee
11:00 - 11:45 Ehlers
The Meaning of the Equivalence Principle II
11:45 - 12:30 Kleinert
Equivalence Principle from Nonholonomic Mapping of Flat-Space
to Curved-Space Physics
12:30 - 15:00 lunch
15:00 - 15:45 Ruffini
Equivalence principle in electrodynamics and radiation process
15:45 - 16:15 Laemmerzahl
Parametrizing violations
of the EP
16:15 - 16:45 coffee
16:45 - 17:30 Heckel
Laboratory Tests of the Equivalence Principle
17:30 - 18:15 Schmidt
Short range test of Newton`s law
18:15 - 18:45 Dittus
Equivalence Principle test at Bremen drop tower
09:00 - 09:45 Touboul
MICROSCOPE: The payload
09:45 - 10:30 Rodrigues
The electrostatic positioning system for STEP
10:30 - 10:55 coffee
10:55 - 11:25 Nicolini
MICROSCOPE: The FEEP technology
11:25 - 11:55 Metris
Errors due to the gravity gradient in the MICROSCOPE mission
11:55 - 12:50 Nordtvedt
Dropping Gravity: LLR and the 35 Year Comparison of Free-Falling Earth
and Moon
12:30 - 14:30 lunch
14:30 - 15:15 Everitt
Status of GP-B
15:15 - 16:00 Sumner
The Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle STEP
16:00 - 16:30 Nordtvedt
Special Relativity plus the EP: Gateway to Post-Newtonian Gravity Effects
Banquet
09:00 - 09:45 Turyshev
Lunar Laser Ranging Tests of the Equivalence Principle
09:45 - 10:30 Reasenberg
An Equivalence Principle Test During a 1 s Suborbital Flight
10:30 - 11:00 coffee
11:00 - 11:45 Nobili
GG, GGG and GATE
11:45 - 12:30 Turyshev
LATOR: Laser Test of Relativity
12:30 - 14:30 lunch
14:30 - 15:15 Walz
A proposal for testing the Equivalence Principle for anti-hydrogen
15:15 - 16:00 Witteborn
Test of the Equivalence Principle with charged matter
16:00 - 17:30 coffee
17:00 - 17:45 Dittus
The equivalence principle for charged matter
17:45 - 18:15 Iafolla
GReAT (General Relativity Accuracy Test)
18:15 - 18:45 Gurzadyan
Probing the light speed anisotropy
with rtespect to the cosmic microwave background radiation dipole
09:00 - 09:45 Clarke
GP-B heritage technology forSTEP
09:45 - 10:45 Peters
A test of the EP with atomic interferometry
10:45 - 11:15 coffee
11:00 - 11:15 Ruffini
Meeting in Ground Floor Hall with High School students, which then will
attend there a lecture in Italian by Sigismondi on "Introduction
to Error Analysis in Equivalence Principle Tests"
11:15 - 11:45
Torii
GP-B Lessons learned for STEP
11:45 - 12:30 Worden
Requirements, Error Analysis, and Lessons from GP-B for STEP
12:30 - 14:45lunch
14:45 - 15:15Torii
STEP Technology Development
15:15 - 15:45 Pegrum
Cryogenic electronics for STEP
15:45 - 16:15 Sumner
Test mass charge control
16:15 - 16:40 coffee
16:40 - 17:10 Lockerbie
Test mass design
17:10 - 17:40 Löffler
Requirements for the Test Mass Fabrication
17:40 - 18:10 Kent
STEP probe design
18:10 - 18:40 Theil
Drag free control and simulations
Speakers are invited to contribute to a book "Testing the Equivalence Principle on Ground and in Space", to be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes of Physics Series. Springer has already accepted to do so.
