General relativity and cosmology: Unsolved questions and future directions

I Debono, GF Smoot - Universe, 2016 - mdpi.com
For the last 100 years, General Relativity (GR) has taken over the gravitational theory mantle
held by Newtonian Gravity for the previous 200 years. This article reviews the status of GR in …

Precision gravity tests and the Einstein equivalence principle

GM Tino, L Cacciapuoti, S Capozziello… - Progress in Particle and …, 2020 - Elsevier
General Relativity is today the best theory of gravity addressing a wide range of phenomena.
Our understanding of physical laws, from cosmology to local scales, cannot be properly …

[HTML][HTML] Observable traces of non-metricity: new constraints on metric-affine gravity

A Delhom-Latorre, GJ Olmo, M Ronco - Physics Letters B, 2018 - Elsevier
Relaxing the Riemannian condition to incorporate geometric quantities such as torsion and
non-metricity may allow to explore new physics associated with defects in a hypothetical …

The new lunar ephemeris INPOP17a and its application to fundamental physics

V Viswanathan, A Fienga, O Minazzoli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present here the new INPOP lunar ephemeris, INPOP17a. This ephemeris is obtained
through the numerical integration of the equations of motion and of rotation of the Moon …

Tests of Lorentz symmetry in the gravitational sector

A Hees, QG Bailey, A Bourgoin, H Pihan-Le Bars… - Universe, 2016 - mdpi.com
Lorentz symmetry is one of the pillars of both General Relativity and the Standard Model of
particle physics. Motivated by ideas about quantum gravity, unification theories and …

MICROSCOPE's view at gravitation

J Bergé - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The weak equivalence principle (WEP) is the cornerstone of general relativity (GR). Testing
it is thus a natural way to confront GR to experiments, which has been pursued for four …

[PDF][PDF] INPOP17a planetary ephemerides

V Viswanathan, A Fienga, M Gastineau… - Notes Scientifiques et …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Based on the use of Cassini radio tracking data and the introduction of LLR data obtained at
1064 nm, a new planetary ephemerides INPOP17a was built including improvements for the …

Underground Sagnac gyroscope with sub-prad/s rotation rate sensitivity: toward general relativity tests on Earth

ADV Di Virgilio, A Basti, N Beverini, F Bosi… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Measuring in a single location on Earth its angular rotation rate with respect to the celestial
frame, with a sensitivity enabling access to the tiny Lense-Thirring effect, is an extremely …

Fundamental physics measurements with Galileo FOC satellites and the Galileo for science project. I. A 3D-CAD and a box wing for modeling the effects of …

D Lucchesi, M Visco, C Lefevre, M Lucente, F Santoli… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
This paper introduces the main problems related to the modeling of the effects of
nongravitational perturbations on satellites of the Galileo FOC constellation. The problem is …

Sensitivity limit investigation of a Sagnac gyroscope through linear regression analysis: Sagnac gyroscope sensitivity limit

AD Di Virgilio, C Altucci, F Bajardi, A Basti… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
The sensitivity to angular rotation of the top class Sagnac gyroscope GINGERINO is carefully
investigated with standard statistical means, using 103 days of continuous operation and the …