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On Possible Measurement of Gravitational Interaction Parameters on Board a Satellite

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

The recently suggested SEE (Satellite Energy Exchange) method of measuring the gravitational constant GG, possible equivalence principle violation (measured by the E\"{o}tv\"{o}s parameter η\eta) and the hypothetic 5th force parameters α\alpha and λ\lambda on board a drag-free Earth's satellite is discussed and further developed. Various particle trajectories near a heavy ball are numerically simulated. Some basic sources of error are analysed. The GG measurement procedure is modelled by noise insertion to a ``true'' trajectory. It is concluded that the present knowledge of G,αG, \alpha (for λ1\lambda \geq 1 m) and η\eta can be improved by at least two orders of magnitude.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9403059,
  title  = {On Possible Measurement of Gravitational Interaction Parameters on Board a Satellite},
  author = {A. D. Alexeev and K. A. Bronnikov and N. I. Kolosnitsyn and M. Yu. Konstantinov and V. N. Melnikov and A. G. Radynov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9403059},
  year   = {2008}
}

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(only two misprints on title page) 7 pages