SCHIFFS PROPOSED GYROSCOPE EXPERIMENT AS A TEST OF SCALAR-TENSOR THEORY OF GENERAL RELATIVITY

被引:18
作者
OCONNELL, RF
机构
[1] Institute for Space Studies, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York, NY
[2] Department of Physics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.20.69
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We compare an explicit expression for the precession of a gyroscope in the Brans-Dicke scalar-tensor general relativity theory with the result derived by Schiff using Einstein's theory, and suggest that the gyroscope experiment offers the best possibility for testing the Brans-Dicke theory. Further, we conclude that the gyroscope in a satellite offers a more sensitive test than the earth-bound gyroscope. © 1968 The American Physical Society.
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