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  • Experimental gravitation
  • Tests of general relativity
  • Fundamental physics

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  • The Einstein equivalence principle is fundamental to general relativity and metric theories of gravity.
  • Testing the gravitational redshift and local position invariance verifies these foundational theories.
  • Previous tests, like the 1976 Gravity Probe A experiment, have established baseline measurements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a new, high-accuracy test of gravitational redshift.
  • To verify local position invariance, a key component of the Einstein equivalence principle.
  • To improve upon the precision of previous experimental tests in gravitation.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized 1008 days of data from two Galileo satellites on unintended elliptic orbits.
  • Leveraged the modulation of gravitational redshift from onboard atomic clocks for accurate determination.
  • Employed laser ranging campaigns to estimate orbit uncertainties and other systematic effects.

Main Results:

  • Measured the fractional deviation of gravitational redshift from general relativity predictions.
  • Achieved a result of (0.19±2.48)×10^{-5} at 1 sigma.
  • Improved the accuracy of the best previous test by a factor of 5.6.

Conclusions:

  • The findings provide the most precise test to date of gravitational redshift and local position invariance.
  • This experiment represents the first improvement on a long-standing result in experimental gravitation since 1976.
  • The results strongly support the predictions of general relativity and the Einstein equivalence principle.