Gravity, 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/9711060,
title = {Gravity, Equivalence Principle and Clocks},
author = {Thibault Damour},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9711060},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages, Latex, to appear in the Proceedings of the Workshop on the Scientific Applications of Clocks in Space (JPL, Pasadena, November 7-8, 1996)