Tests of relativistic gravity in space

2008/04/07 by Slava G. Turyshev
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Einstein #General relativity #Gravitation #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Theoretical physics #Theory of relativity #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjst/e2008-00822-8

published as Eur.Phys.J.ST 163:227-253,2008 · 18 pages, 9 figures, invited talk given at the "Atomic Clocks and Fundamental Constants - ACFC 2007, Bad Honnef 2007; to appear in EPJ Special Topics

arxiv created 2008/04/07 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We review the foundations of Einstein's general theory of relativity, discuss recent progress in the tests of relativistic gravity, and present motivations for new generation of high-accuracy gravitational experiments. We discuss the advances in our understanding of fundamental physics anticipated in the near future and evaluate discovery potential of the recently proposed gravitational experiments.

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