Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 42, Numéro C8, Décembre 1981
Troisième Symposium sur les Etalons de Fréquence et la Métrologie / Third Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology
Page(s) C8-441 - C8-449
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1981850
Troisième Symposium sur les Etalons de Fréquence et la Métrologie / Third Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology

J. Phys. Colloques 42 (1981) C8-441-C8-449

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1981850

GRAVITATIONAL EXPERIMENTS WITH STABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICES

Ph. Tourrenc

Université de Paris VI, Institut Henri Poincaré, 11 rue P. et M. Curie , 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France


Abstract
This article presents a general method for studying the effect of a gravitational field on the phases of an electromagnetic wave. The method employed covers a broad range of experiments within the limited framework of PPN theories to pick out orders of magnitude concerning the different kinds of experiments which may be performed on earth with astronomical sources of gravitation.