Probing the gravitational redshift with an Earth-orbiting satellite
gr-qc
/ Authors
D. A. Litvinov, V. N. Rudenko, A. V. Alakoz, U. Bach, N. Bartel, A. V. Belonenko, K. G. Belousov, M. Bietenholz, A. V. Biriukov, R. Carman
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G. Cimó, C. Courde, D. Dirkx, D. A. Duev, A. I. Filetkin, G. Granato, L. I. Gurvits, A. V. Gusev, R. Haas, G. Herold, A. Kahlon, B. Z. Kanevsky, V. L. Kauts, G. D. Kopelyansky, A. V. Kovalenko, G. Kronschnabl, V. V. Kulagin, A. M. Kutkin, M. L indqvist, J. E. J. Lovell, H. Mariey, J. McCallum, G. Molera-Calvés,
/ Abstract
We present an approach to testing the gravitational redshift effect using the RadioAstron satellite. The experiment is based on a modification of the Gravity Probe A scheme of nonrelativistic Doppler compensation and benefits from the highly eccentric orbit and ultra-stable atomic hydrogen maser frequency standard of the RadioAstron satellite. Using the presented techniques we expect to reach an accuracy of the gravitational redshift test of order $10^{-5}$, a magnitude better than that of Gravity Probe A. Data processing is ongoing, our preliminary results agree with the validity of the Einstein Equivalence Principle.