Tests of Relativistic Gravity in Space: Recent Progress and Future Directions
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We review the foundations of Einstein's general theory of relativity, discuss recent progress in the tests of relativistic gravity, and present motivations for new generation of high-accuracy gravitational experiments. We discuss the advances in our understanding of fundamental physics anticipated in the near future and evaluate discovery potential of the recently proposed gravitational experiments.
18 pages, 9 figures, invited talk given at the "Atomic Clocks and Fundamental Constants - ACFC 2007, Bad Honnef 2007; to appear in EPJ Special Topics
18 pages, 9 figures, invited talk given at the "Atomic Clocks and Fundamental Constants - ACFC 2007, Bad Honnef 2007; to appear in EPJ Special Topics