Testing the Equivalence Principle in Space and on Ground
Testing the Equivalence Principle in Space and on Ground Pescara, September 20 - 23, 2004 Objective Time and Place Organization Topics Speakers and Talks Scientific Programme Participants Book First test in space Objective The Equivalence Principle, or the Universality of Free Fall, is the cornerstone of General Relativity and, thus, of modern physics. It has been tested and confirmed with very high precision. Recently quantum gravity and unifying theories predict tiny deviations from the Equivalence Principle. This gives additional motivation for improving the experimental efforts. This conference is dedicated to the meaning of the Equivalence Principle, to approaches leading to violations of the Equivalence Principle, and to the past, present, and future tests. Time and Place Arrival: Sunday, September 19, 2004. Begin of conference: Monday, September 20, 2004, 9 a.m. End of conference: Thursday, September 23, 2004, 5 p.m.. The conference will be held at the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics ICRA in Pescara (Click on the image to get a larger view.) A beamer for computer presentations as well as an overhead projector are available. Organization Scientific Programme Commitee: R. Bingham (RAL, UK) Ch. J. Bord (Univ. Paris) A.M. Cruise (Univ. Birmingham) T. Damour (IHES, Paris) C.W.F. Everitt (Univ. Stanford) C. Lmmerzahl (Univ. Bremen) R. Reinhard (ESA) R. Ruffini (Univ. Rome) G. Schfer (Univ. Jena) T. Sumner (Imerial College, London) P. Touboul (ONERA, Paris) S. Vitale (Univ. Trento) Symposium Secretary C. Lmmerzahl surface: ZARM University of Bremen Am Fallturm 28359 Bremen Germany Phone: +49(0)421-218-8687 Fax: +49(0)421-218-2521 Local Organizing Commitee D. Bini C. Bianco (chair) F. Frascetti Xue She Sheng Topics The meaning of the Equivalence Principle versions of the EP, mathematical formulation, extended objects, geometrization, implication for metrology Violations of the Equivalence Principle? general scheme, quantum gravity motivated scenarios, spin, anti-matter Ground-based tests of the Equivalence Principle free fall tests, torsion balance, GGG, cryogenic methods ...