Probing the Nature of Gravity

The Confrontation Between General Relativity and Experiment.- From Classical Theory to Quantum Gravity.- Wolfgang Pauli and Modern Physics.- Gravitomagnetism in Physics and Astrophysics.- Gravity Probe B Data Analysis.- Towards a One Percent Measurement of Frame Dragging by Spin with Satellite Laser Ranging to LAGEOS, LAGEOS 2 and LARES and GRACE Gravity Models.- Lense-Thirring Precession in the Astrophysical Context.- New Frontiers at the Interface of General Relativity and Quantum Optics.- The Pioneer Anomaly in the Light of New Data.- The Puzzle of the Flyby Anomaly.- Time-Dependent Nuclear Decay Parameters: New Evidence for New Forces?.- Tests of the Gravitational Inverse Square Law at Short Ranges.- The Equivalence Principle and the Constants of Nature.- Laboratory Tests of the Equivalence Principle at the University of Washington.- Lunar Ranging, Gravitomagnetism, and APOLLO.- Atom-Based Test of the Equivalence Principle.- Testing General Relativity with Atomic Clocks.- Fundamental Constants and Tests of General Relativity-Theoretical and Cosmological Considerations.- Testing the Stability of the Fine Structure Constant in the Laboratory.- Constraining Fundamental Constants of Physics with Quasar Absorption Line Systems.- The Role of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in Cosmological Models: Theoretical Overview.- Some Uncomfortable Thoughts on the Nature of Gravity, Cosmology, and the Early Universe.- The Cosmic Microwave Background and Fundamental Physics.- Perspectives on Dark Energy.- An Assessment of the Systematic Uncertainty in Present and Future Tests of the Lense-Thirring Effect with Satellite Laser Ranging.- Misalignment and Resonance Torques and Their Treatment in the GP-B Data Analysis.- Polhode Motion, Trapped Flux, and the GP-B Science Data Analysis.- The Gravity Probe B Data Analysis Filtering Approach.- GP-B Systematic Error Determination.- Space-Time Metrology for the LISA Gravitational Wave Observatory, and Its Demonstration on LISA Pathfinder.- The Microscope Mission and Its Uncertainty Analysis.- The STEP and GAUGE Missions.- Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle Uncertainty Analysis.- What Determines the Nature of Gravity? A Phenomenological Approach.... Mehr