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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 491-527 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| Journal | Experimental astronomy |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 29 Jan 2009 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2009 |
Abstract
ASTROD I is a planned interplanetary space mission with multiple goals. The primary aims are: to test general relativity with an improvement in sensitivity of over three orders of magnitude, improving our understanding of gravity and aiding the development of a new quantum gravity theory; to measure key solar system parameters with increased accuracy, advancing solar physics and our knowledge of the solar system; and to measure the time rate of change of the gravitational constant with an order of magnitude improvement and the anomalous Pioneer acceleration, thereby probing dark matter and dark energy gravitationally. It is an international project, with major contributions from Europe and China and is envisaged as the first in a series of ASTROD missions. ASTROD I will consist of one spacecraft carrying a telescope, four lasers, two event timers and a clock. Two-way, two-wavelength laser pulse ranging will be used between the spacecraft in a solar orbit and deep space laser stations on Earth, to achieve the ASTROD I goals. A second mission, ASTROD (ASTROD II) is envisaged as a three-spacecraft mission which would test General Relativity to 1 ppb, enable detection of solar g-modes, measure the solar Lense-Thirring effect to 10 ppm, and probe gravitational waves at frequencies below the LISA bandwidth. In the third phase (ASTROD III or Super-ASTROD), larger orbits could be implemented to map the outer solar system and to probe primordial gravitational-waves at frequencies below the ASTROD II bandwidth.
Keywords
- ASTROD, ASTROD I, Exploring the microscopic origin of gravity, Gravitational-wave detection, Mapping solar-system gravity, Probing the fundamental laws of spacetime, Solar g-mode detection, Testing relativistic gravity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Space and Planetary Science
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AU - Appourchaux, Thierry
AU - Burston, Raymond
AU - Chen, Yanbei
AU - Cruise, Michael
AU - Dittus, Hansjörg
AU - Foulon, Bernard
AU - Gill, Patrick
AU - Gizon, Laurent
AU - Klein, Hugh
AU - Klioner, Sergei
AU - Kopeikin, Sergei
AU - Krüger, Hans
AU - Lämmerzahl, Claus
AU - Lobo, Alberto
AU - Luo, Xinlian
AU - Margolis, Helen
AU - Ni, Wei Tou
AU - Patón, Antonio Pulido
AU - Peng, Qiuhe
AU - Peters, Achim
AU - Rasel, Ernst
AU - Rüdiger, Albrecht
AU - Samain, Étienne
AU - Selig, Hanns
AU - Shaul, Diana
AU - Sumner, Timothy
AU - Theil, Stephan
AU - Touboul, Pierre
AU - Turyshev, Slava
AU - Wang, Haitao
AU - Wang, Li
AU - Wen, Linqing
AU - Wicht, Andreas
AU - Wu, Ji
AU - Zhang, Xiaomin
AU - Zhao, Cheng
PY - 2009/3
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N2 - ASTROD I is a planned interplanetary space mission with multiple goals. The primary aims are: to test general relativity with an improvement in sensitivity of over three orders of magnitude, improving our understanding of gravity and aiding the development of a new quantum gravity theory; to measure key solar system parameters with increased accuracy, advancing solar physics and our knowledge of the solar system; and to measure the time rate of change of the gravitational constant with an order of magnitude improvement and the anomalous Pioneer acceleration, thereby probing dark matter and dark energy gravitationally. It is an international project, with major contributions from Europe and China and is envisaged as the first in a series of ASTROD missions. ASTROD I will consist of one spacecraft carrying a telescope, four lasers, two event timers and a clock. Two-way, two-wavelength laser pulse ranging will be used between the spacecraft in a solar orbit and deep space laser stations on Earth, to achieve the ASTROD I goals. A second mission, ASTROD (ASTROD II) is envisaged as a three-spacecraft mission which would test General Relativity to 1 ppb, enable detection of solar g-modes, measure the solar Lense-Thirring effect to 10 ppm, and probe gravitational waves at frequencies below the LISA bandwidth. In the third phase (ASTROD III or Super-ASTROD), larger orbits could be implemented to map the outer solar system and to probe primordial gravitational-waves at frequencies below the ASTROD II bandwidth.
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