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20002023
most citedTesting General Relativity and gravitational physics using the LARES satellite

78 citations · 536 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

gr-qc2023

First results of the LARES 2 space experiment to test the general theory of relativity

Ignazio Ciufolini, Claudio Paris, Erricos C. Pavlis +8

The LAGEOS 3 (today LARES 2) space experiment was proposed in the eighties by the Physics Department and by the Center of Space Research (CSR) of the University of Texas (UT) at Au…

gr-qc2019★ 20 cited

A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and Space Geodesy II. Monte Carlo Simulations and covariance analyses of the LARES 2 Experiment

Ignazio Ciufolini, Erricos C. Pavlis, Giampiero Sindoni +4

In the previous paper we have introduced the LARES 2 space experiment. The LARES 2 laser-ranged satellite is planned for a launch in 2019 with the new VEGA C launch vehicle of the…

gr-qc2019★ 12 cited

A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: IV. Thermal drag and the LARES 2 space experiment

Ignazio Ciufolini, Richard A. Matzner, Justin C. Feng +6

In three previous papers we presented the LARES 2 space experiment aimed at a very accurate test of frame-dragging and at other tests of fundamental physics and measurements of spa…

gr-qc2019★ 44 cited

A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: I. An introduction to the LARES2 space experiment

Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, Erricos C. Pavlis +8

We introduce the LARES 2 space experiment recently approved by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The LARES 2 satellite is planned for launch in 2019 with the new VEGA C launch vehicl…

gr-qc2019★ 56 cited

An Improved Test of the General Relativistic Effect of Frame-Dragging Using the LARES and LAGEOS Satellites

Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, Erricos C. Pavlis +7

We report the improved test of frame-dragging, an intriguing phenomenon predicted by Einstein's General Relativity, obtained using 7 years of Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) data of…

gr-qc2019★ 10 cited

"Reply to A comment on A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model, by I. Ciufolini et al."

Ciufolini, Ignazio, Erricos C. Pavlis +8

In 2016, we published "A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model. Measurement of Earth's dragging of inertial frames [1]",…