Monte Carlo simulations of the LARES space experiment to test General Relativity and fundamental physics
| dc.contributor.author | Ciufolini, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Monge, B Moreno | |
| dc.contributor.author | Paolozzi, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Koenig, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sindoni, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Michalak, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pavlis, Erricos C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-09T18:18:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-09T18:18:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The LARES (LAser RElativity Satellite) satellite was successfully launched in February 2012. The LARES space experiment is based on the orbital determinations of the laser ranged satellites LARES, LAGEOS (LAser GEOdynamics Satellite) and LAGEOS 2 together with the determination of the Earth's gravity field by the GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) mission. It will test some fundamental physics predictions and provide accurate measurements of the frame-dragging effect predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity. By 100 Monte Carlo simulations of the LARES experiment, with simulations of the orbits of LARES, LAGEOS and LAGEOS 2 according to the latest GRACE gravity field determinations, we found that the systematic errors in the measurement of frame-dragging amount to about 1.4% of the general relativistic effect, confirming previous error analyses. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The work is performed under the ASI contract n. I/034/12/0 and ESA contract n. 4000103504/2011/NL/WE. The authors acknowledge the Italian Space Agency for its support to the LARES mission and the International Laser Ranging Service for tracking and data distribution of the LARES satellite. E.C. Pavlis acknowledges the support of NASA grant NNX09AU86G. We thank John Ries and the anonymous referees for useful suggestions. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/30/23/235009 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 14 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles preprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2pzax-bbzv | |
| dc.identifier.citation | I Ciufolini, B Moreno Monge, A Paolozzi, R Koenig, G Sindoni, G Michalak and E C Pavlis, Monte Carlo simulations of the LARES space experiment to test General Relativity and fundamental physics, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 30, Number 23 (2013), doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/30/23/235009 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/30/23/235009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19799 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | IOP | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department | |
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| dc.title | Monte Carlo simulations of the LARES space experiment to test General Relativity and fundamental physics | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |