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Equivalence Principle and Clocks

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

String theory suggests the existence of gravitational-strength scalar fields ("dilaton" and "moduli") whose couplings to matter violate the equivalence principle. This provides a new motivation for high-precision clock experiments, as well as a generic theoretical framework for analyzing their significance.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9904032,
  title  = {Equivalence Principle and Clocks},
  author = {T. Damour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9904032},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

7 pages, latex, uses moriond.sty, to appear in the Proceedings of the 34th Rencontres de Moriond, "Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity", January 1999