Equivalence Principle for Massive Bodies. I. Phenomenology

Kenneth Nordtvedt, Jr.
Phys. Rev. 169, 1014 – Published 25 May 1968
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Abstract

The experimentally measured equality of inertial mass (mi) and gravitational mass (mg) of a body indicates nothing about the mgmi ratio to the order of gravitational self-energy/total energy of the body. Experiments are discussed, using astronomical bodies, which measure mgmi to the order of the gravitational self-energy of the bodies. The configuration of the stable three-body problem of Lagrange is shown to be particularly sensitive to the possible difference Δmgmi1 of the Sun.

  • Received 11 September 1967

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.169.1014

©1968 American Physical Society

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Kenneth Nordtvedt, Jr.

  • Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana

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Vol. 169, Iss. 5 — May 1968

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