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19972026
most citedTesting General Relativity and gravitational physics using the LARES satellite

78 citations · 738 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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36 papers

gr-qc2026

Analysis of Tidal Perturbations Due to Asymmetric Response of LARES 2 and LAGEOS

Xizhi Hu, Xiaodong Chen, Jianqiao Xu +3

Earth tidal perturbations affecting laser-ranged satellites are critical for refining satellite orbital dynamics modeling, and their accurate computation represents a prerequisite…

gr-qc2025★ 2 cited

On the Earth's tidal perturbations. II. LARES 2 satellite

V. G. Gurzadyan, I. Ciufolini, H. G. Khachatryan +2

Laser-ranging satellites have proved their efficiency in high precision testing of General Relativity and constraining modified gravity theories proposed to explain the dark sector…

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★ 15 cited

A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: III. De Sitter effect and the LARES 2 space experiment

Ignazio Ciufolini, Richard Matzner, Vahe Gurzadyan +1

In two 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 space…

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…