On the high accuracy to test dragging of inertial frames with the LARES 2 space experiment
dc.contributor.author | Ciufolini, Ignazio | |
dc.contributor.author | Paris, Claudio | |
dc.contributor.author | Pavlis, Erricos C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ries, John C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Matzner, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Deka, Darpanjeet | |
dc.contributor.author | Ortore, Emiliano | |
dc.contributor.author | Kuzmicz-Cieslak, Magdalena | |
dc.contributor.author | Gurzadyan, Vahe | |
dc.contributor.author | Penrose, Roger | |
dc.contributor.author | Paolozzi, Antonio | |
dc.contributor.author | Goncalves, Juan Pablo Sellanes | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-14T15:18:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-11-14T15:18:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-10-05 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper we treat some aspects of the LARES 2 space experiment to test the general relativistic phenomenon of dragging of inertial frames, or frame-dragging, in particular we discuss some aspects of its relative accuracy which can approach one part in a thousand. We then, once again respond to the criticisms of the author of a recent paper about the accuracy in the measurement of frame-dragging with LARES 2. The claims of such a paper are not reproducible in any independent analyses. Indeed, it claims that the accuracy in the test of frame-dragging, which can be reached by the LARES 2 space experiment, is several orders of magnitude larger than previously estimated in a number of papers. Here we show that such a paper is based on a number of significant misunderstandings and conceptual mistakes. Furthermore, it is puzzling to observe that previous papers by the same author contained completely opposite statements about the accuracy which can be reached using two satellites with supplementary inclinations, such as in the LARES 2 space experiment, and in general with laser-ranged satellites. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank the anonymous referees and the editor for useful comments. They wish to thank the Italian Space Agency for having funded the design of the LARES 2 satellite under agreement n. 2017-23-H.0 and the orbital analysis of LARES 2 under the agreement n. 2024-3-HH.0 “Attività di analisi dei dati scientifici della missione LARES 2”, the European Space Agency and AVIO for the VEGA C inaugural flight and the International Laser Ranging Service for tracking the satellites and providing the laser-ranging data. E.C. Pavlis acknowledges the support of NASA Grant 80NSSC22M0001 and computational resources provided by NASA’s High-End Computing (HEC). | |
dc.description.uri | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13301-8 | |
dc.format.extent | 10 pages | |
dc.genre | journal articles | |
dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2nr0m-im3c | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ciufolini, Ignazio, Claudio Paris, Erricos C. Pavlis, John C. Ries, Richard Matzner, Darpanjeet Deka, Emiliano Ortore, et al. “On the High Accuracy to Test Dragging of Inertial Frames with the LARES 2 Space Experiment.” The European Physical Journal C 84, no. 10 (October 5, 2024): 998. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13301-8. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13301-8 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/36944 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0 Deed | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | On the high accuracy to test dragging of inertial frames with the LARES 2 space experiment | |
dc.type | Text | |
dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9726-7064 |
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