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Astrometric test of the weak equivalence principle

Yi Xie (谢懿)
Phys. Rev. D 98, 021501(R) – Published 9 July 2018

Abstract

Weak equivalence principle (WEP) is, for the first time, tested by astrometry on quasars in the sky measured in two wavelengths. Compared to previous WEP tests based on the Shapiro time delay of massless particles, this one has profound superiority that nearly 1 700 quasars with best measured positions commonly in the optical and radio bands are available. It ensures that, among the tests with photons, this one can give the most significantly robust bound on possible violation of WEP.

  • Received 8 March 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.021501

© 2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

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Yi Xie (谢懿)*

  • School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China and Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

  • *yixie@nju.edu.cn

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Vol. 98, Iss. 2 — 15 July 2018

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