Satellite Eötvös Test of the Weak Equivalence Principle for Zero-Point Vacuum Energy

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dc.creatorMoffat, J. W.
dc.creatorGillies, G. T.
dc.date2002-08-02
dc.date2002-10-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:29:57Z
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dc.descriptionAn Eötvös experiment to test the weak equivalence principle (WEP) for zero-point vacuum energy is proposed using a satellite. Following the suggestion of Ross for a terrestrial experiment of this type, the acceleration of a spherical test mass of aluminum would be compared with that of a similar test mass made from another material. The estimated ratio of the zero-point vacuum energy density inside the aluminum sphere to the rest mass energy density is ~ 1.6 X 10^{-14}, which would allow a 1% resolution of a potential WEP violation observed in a satellite mission test that had a baseline sensitivity to WEP violations of ~ 10^{-16}. An observed violation of the WEP for vacuum energy density would constitute a significant clue as to the origin of the cosmological constant and the source of dark energy, and test a recently proposed resolution of the cosmological constant problem, based on a model of nonlocal quantum gravity and quantum field theory.
dc.description9 pages. Latex file. No figures. Additional comments about the proposed experiment
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0208005
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0208005
dc.identifierNewJ.Phys.4:92,2002
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1367-2630/4/1/392
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196884
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleSatellite Eötvös Test of the Weak Equivalence Principle for Zero-Point Vacuum Energy
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