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Touboul, Pierre (author), Métris, Gilles (author), Rodrigues, Manuel (author), Bergé, Joel (author), Robert, Alain (author), Baghi, Quentin (author), André, Yves (author), Bedouet, Judicael (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)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 this analysis we compare the free-fall accelerations (a <sub>A</sub> and a <sub>B</sub>) of two test masses in terms of the Eötvös parameter η ( A,B ) = 2 a A − a B a...journal article 2022
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Touboul, Pierre (author), Métris, Gilles (author), Rodrigues, Manuel (author), Bergé, Joel (author), Robert, Alain (author), Baghi, Quentin (author), André, Yves (author), Bedouet, Judicaël (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)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 10-15 in terms of the Eötvös ratio η. Its experimental test consisted of comparing the accelerations undergone by two collocated test masses of different compositions as...journal article 2022