TY - BOOK AU - Lämmerzahl,Claus AU - Everitt,C.W.Francis AU - Hehl,Friedrich W. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Gyros, Clocks, Interferometers...: Testing Relativistic Graviy in Space T2 - Lecture Notes in Physics, SN - 9783540409885 AV - QB1-991 U1 - 520 23 PY - 2001/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Physics KW - Weights and measures KW - Astronomy KW - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology KW - Measurement Science, Instrumentation N1 - Overview -- An Overview of Solar System Gravitational Physics: The Theory—Experiment Interface -- Determination of the Gravitational Constant -- The Lense—Thrirring Effect -- The Lense—Thirring Effect: From the Basic Notions to the Observed Effects -- Gravity Probe B: Countdown to Launch -- Gravitomagnetism and the Clock Effect -- Spinning Relativistic Particles in External Fields -- Detection of Gravitational Waves -- The GEO 600 Gravitational Wave Detector Status, Research, Development -- Gravitational Radiation Theory and Light Propagation -- Relic Gravitational Waves and Their Detection -- The Equivalence Principle -- Principles of Equivalence: Their Role in Gravitation Physics and Experiments That Test Them -- STEP: A Status Report -- High Sensitive DC SQUID Based Position Detectors for Application in Gravitational Experiments at the Drop Tower Bremen -- Space Accelerometers: Present Status -- Searching for Extra Dimensions and New String-Inspired Forces in the Casimir Regime -- Relativistic Effects in the Motion of the Moon -- Lunar Laser Ranging — A Comprehensive Probe of the Post-Newtonian Long Range Interaction -- Testing Relativistic Gravityand Measuring Solar System Parameters via Optical Space Missions -- Clocks and Rods -- Clocks for Length and Time Measurement -- SpaceTime Mission: Clock Test of Relativityat Four Solar Radii -- Pulsar Timing — Strong Gravity Clock Experiments -- Quantum Tests of General Relativity -- Relativistic Phase Shifts for Dirac Particles Interacting with Weak Gravitational Fields in Matter—Wave Interferometers -- Spin in Gravity -- Spin in Special and General Relativity -- Testing the Dirac Equation -- Electromagnetic Field and Gravity -- How Does the Electromagnetic Field Couple to Gravity, in Particular to Metric, Nonmetricity, Torsion, and Curvature? N2 - Many new tests of gravity and, in particular, of Einstein's general relativity theory will be carried out in the near future: The Lense--Thirring effect and the equivalence principle will be tested in space; moreover, gravitational waves will be detected, and new atomic interferometers and clocks will be built for measurements in gravitational and inertial fields. New high-precision devices have made these experiments feasible. They will contribute to a better understanding of gravitational physics. Both experimental developments and the theoretical concepts are collected in this volume. Exhaustive reviews give an overall insight into the subject of experimental gravitation UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-40988-2 ER -