The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment

The status of experimental tests of general relativity and of theoretical frameworks for analysing them are reviewed. Einstein's equivalence principle (EEP) is well supported by experiments such as the Eötvös experiment, tests of special relativity, and the gravitational redshift experiment. Fu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Will Clifford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2001-01-01
Series:Living Reviews in Relativity
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Online Access:http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2001-4