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most citedThe MICROSCOPE mission: first results of a space test of the Equivalence Principle

382 citations · 784 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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gr-qc2022★ 35 cited

Result of the MICROSCOPE Weak Equivalence Principle test

Pierre Touboul, Gilles Métris, Manuel Rodrigues +44

The space mission MICROSCOPE dedicated to the test of the Equivalence Principle (EP) operated from April 25, 2016 until the deactivation of the satellite on October 16, 2018. In th…

gr-qc2022★ 216 cited

MICROSCOPE mission: final results of the test of the Equivalence Principle

Pierre Touboul, Gilles Métris, Manuel Rodrigues +44

The MICROSCOPE mission was designed to test the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP), stating the equality between the inertial and the gravitational masses, with a precision of $10^{-…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 15 cited

MICROSCOPE Mission scenario, ground segment and data processing

Manuel Rodrigues, Pierre Touboul, Gilles Métris +9

Testing the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) to a precision of requires a quantity of data that give enough confidence on the final result: ideally, the longer the measu…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 13 cited

MICROSCOPE: systematic errors

Manuel Rodrigues, Pierre Touboul1, Gilles Metris +19

The MICROSCOPE mission aims to test the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) in orbit with an unprecedented precision of 10 on the Eötvös parameter thanks to electrostatic acce…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 18 cited

MICROSCOPE instrument in-flight characterization

Ratana Chhun, Emilie Hardy, Manuel Rodrigues +11

Since the MICROSCOPE instrument aims to measure accelerations as low as a few 10\,m\,s and cannot operate on ground, it was obvious to have a large time dedicated to…

gr-qc2020★ 13 cited

MICROSCOPE mission: Data analysis principle

Joel Bergé, Quentin Baghi, Emilie Hardy +10

After performing highly sensitive acceleration measurements during two years of drag-free flight around the Earth, MICROSCOPE provided the best constraint on the Weak Equivalence P…

gr-qc2020★ 1 cited

MICROSCOPE Satellite and its Drag-Free and Attitude Control System

Alain Robert, Valerio Cipolla, Pascal Prieur +14

This paper focus on the description of the design and performance of the MICROSCOPE satellite and its Drag-Free and Attitude Control System (DFACS). The satellite is derived from C…

gr-qc2020★ 17 cited

MICROSCOPE mission analysis, requirements and expected performance

Pierre Touboul, Manuel Rodrigues, Gilles Métris +16

The MICROSCOPE mission aimed to test the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) to a precision of . The WEP states that two bodies fall at the same rate on a gravitational fiel…

gr-qc2019★ 74 cited

Space test of the Equivalence Principle: first results of the MICROSCOPE mission

Pierre Touboul, Gilles Métris, Manuel Rodrigues +31

The Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP), stating that two bodies of different compositions and/or mass fall at the same rate in a gravitational field (universality of free fall), is a…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 382 cited

The MICROSCOPE mission: first results of a space test of the Equivalence Principle

Pierre Touboul, Gilles Métris, Manuel Rodrigues +40

According to the Weak Equivalence Principle, all bodies should fall at the same rate in a gravitational field. The MICROSCOPE satellite, launched in April 2016, aims to test its va…