The confrontation between general relativity and experiment

Pramana

Clifford M Will1 2¹ 

[1] Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA$$

关键词: Tests of general relativity.;   

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学科分类：物理（综合）

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

We review the experimental evidence for Einstein's general relativity. Tests of the Einstein equivalence principle support the postulates of curved space-time and bound variations of fundamental constants in space and time, while solar system experiments strongly confirm weak-field general relativity. The binary pulsar provides tests of gravitational wave damping and of strong-field general relativity. Future experiments, such as the gravity probe B gyroscope experiment, a satellite test of the equivalence principle, and tests of gravity at short distance to look for extra spatial dimensions could further constrain alternatives to general relativity. Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Observatories on Earth and in space may provide new tests of scalar–tensor gravity and graviton-mass theories via the properties of gravitational waves.

【 授权许可】

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