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We consider the possibility of using measurements of anomalous magnetic moments of elementary particles as a possible test of the Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP). For the class non-metric theories of gravity described by the \tmu…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 C. Alvarez , R. B. Mann

We investigate leading order deviations from general relativity that violate the Einstein equivalence principle in the gravitational standard model extension. We show that redshift experiments based on matter waves and clock comparisons are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-19 Michael A. Hohensee , Steven Chu , Achim Peters , Holger Mueller

We analyse the Einstein equivalence principle (EEP) for a Hubble observer in Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker spacetime. We show that the affine structure of light cone in the FLRW spacetime should be treated locally in terms of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-02-05 Sergei Kopeikin

The Einstein Equivalence Principle has as one of its implications that the non-gravitational laws of physics are those of special relativity in any local freely-falling frame. We consider possible tests of this hypothesis for systems whose…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 C. Alvarez , R. B. Mann

The Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) has a central role in the understanding of gravity and space-time. In its weak form, or Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP), it directly implies equivalence between inertial and gravitational mass.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-06-15 G. Rosi , G. D'Amico , L. Cacciapuoti , F. Sorrentino , M. Prevedelli , M. Zych , C. Brukner , G. M. Tino

The MICROSCOPE space mission aims at testing the Equivalence Principle (EP) with an accuracy of $10^{-15}$. The test is based on the precise measurement delivered by a differential electrostatic accelerometer on-board a drag-free…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 Emilie Hardy , Agnès Levy , Gilles Métris , Manuel Rodrigues , Pierre Touboul

We investigate the possibility of testing of the Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) using measurements of anomalous magnetic moments of elementary particles. We compute the one loop correction for the $g-2$ anomaly within the class of non…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-01-06 C. Alvarez , R. B. Mann

The aim of this paper is to derive limits on various forms of ``new physics'' using atomic experimental data. Interactions with dark energy and dark matter fields can lead to space-time variations of fundamental constants, which can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-24 V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum , A. J. Mansour

Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) with rapid variations at cosmological distances are used to place new limits on violations of the gravitational weak equivalence principle (WEP). These limits track intrinsic timing deviations between GRB photons of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-15 Matipon Tangmatitham , Robert J. Nemiroff

Extra-galactic sources of photons have been used to constrain space-time quantum fluctuations in the Universe. In these proposals, the fundamental "fuzziness" of distance caused by space-time quantum fluctuations has been directly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 Yanbei Chen , Linqing Wen , Yiqiu Ma

The Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP), stating that all laws of physics take their special-relativistic form in any local inertial (classical) reference frame, lies at the core of general relativity. Because of its fundamental status,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-23 Flaminia Giacomini , Časlav Brukner

Theories of gravity that obey the Weak Equivalence Principle have the same Parametrised Post-Newtonian parameter $\gamma$ for all particles at all energies. The large Shapiro time delays of extragalactic sources allow us to put tight…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-06 Deaglan J. Bartlett , Dexter Bergsdal , Harry Desmond , Pedro G. Ferreira , Jens Jasche

The Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) is of crucial importance to test the foundations of general relativity. When the particles involved in the test exhibit quantum properties, it is unknown whether this principle still holds. A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-10 Carlo Cepollaro , Flaminia Giacomini

The strong equivalence principle (SEP) distinguishes General Relativity from other viable theories of gravity. The SEP demands that the internal dynamics of a self-gravitating system under free-fall in an external gravitational field should…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-05 Kyu-Hyun Chae , Federico Lelli , Harry Desmond , Stacy S. McGaugh , Pengfei Li , James M. Schombert

We review the experimental evidence for Einstein's special and general relativity. A variety of high precision null experiments verify the weak equivalence principle and local Lorentz invariance, while gravitational redshift and other clock…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 Clifford M. Will

We review the physics of atoms and clocks in weakly curved spacetime, and how each may be used to test the Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) in the context of the minimal Standard Model Extension (mSME). We find that conventional clocks…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-02-24 Michael A. Hohensee , Holger Mueller

From recent observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), it appears that spectral time lags between higher-energy gamma rays photons and lower-energy photons vary with energy difference and time (distance) traveled. These lags appear to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-05 Theodore G. Pavlopoulos

We review several theoretical aspects of the Equivalence Principle (EP). We emphasize the unsatisfactory fact that the EP maintains the absolute character of the coupling constants of physics while General Relativity, and its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Thibault Damour

Is there an unknown long-range force between dark matter (DM) and ordinary matters? When such a fifth force exists and in the case that it is ignored, the equivalence principle (EP) is violated apparently. The violation of EP was severely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-23 Lijing Shao

A scheme of an optical detector is proposed for checking Einsteins equivalence principle (EEP) in a null gravitational redshift experiment and for testing methods for calculating the length of a resonator in a weak variable gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-01-07 R. A. Daishev , Z. G. Murzakhanov , A. F. Skochilov