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most citedAPOLLO: the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation: Instrument Description and First Detections

113 citations · 584 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

gr-qc2009★ 6 cited

Opportunities for Probing Fundamental Gravity with Solar System Experiments

Slava G. Turyshev, Thomas W. Murphy, Eric G. Adelberger +13

The recent discovery of "dark energy" has challenged Einstein's general theory of relativity as a complete model for our macroscopic universe. From a theoretical view, the challeng…

astro-ph2007★ 113 cited

APOLLO: the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation: Instrument Description and First Detections

T. W. Murphy, E. G. Adelberger, J. B. R. Battat +10

A next-generation lunar laser ranging apparatus using the 3.5 m telescope at the Apache Point Observatory in southern New Mexico has begun science operation. APOLLO (the Apache Poi…

gr-qc2007★ 17 cited

Murphy et al. Reply to the Comment by Kopeikin on "Gravitomagnetic Influence on Gyroscopes and on the Lunar Orbit"

T. W. Murphy, K. Nordtvedt, S. G. Turyshev

Lunar laser ranging analysis, as regularly performed in the solar system barycentric frame, requires the presence of the gravitomagnetic term in the equation of motion at the stren…

gr-qc2007★ 54 cited

The Gravitomagnetic Influence on Gyroscopes and on the Lunar Orbit

T. W. Murphy, K. Nordtvedt, S. G. Turyshev

Gravitomagnetism--a motional coupling of matter analogous to the Lorentz force in electromagnetism--has observable consequences for any scenario involving differing mass currents.…

gr-qc2006

Science, Technology and Mission Design for the Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity

Slava G. Turyshev, Michael Shao, Kenneth L. Nordtvedt

The Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity (LATOR) is a Michelson-Morley-type experiment designed to achieve a major improvement in the accuracy of the tests of relativistic gravity…

gr-qc2005

The Science, Technology and Mission Design for the Laser Astrometric Test of Relativity

Slava G. Turyshev

The Laser Astrometric Test of Relativity (LATOR) is a Michelson-Morley-type experiment designed to test the Einstein's general theory of relativity in the most intense gravitationa…