Testing the Equivalence Principle - MICROSCOPE Colloquium IV

›9:15 (30min)

Welcome coffee

9:15 - 9:45 (30min)

Welcome coffee

›9:45 (10min)

Welcome address
Pierre Tououl

9:45 - 9:55 (10min)

Welcome address

Pierre Tououl

›9:55 (1h40)

Session 1
Sylvie Léon-Hirtz

9:55 - 11:35 (1h40)

Session 1

Sylvie Léon-Hirtz

› The Equivalence Principle and the Genesis of General Relativity. - Thibault Damour, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques 09:55-10:35 (40min)

› MICROSCOPE Mission: 6 monthes before the lauch - Pierre Touboul, Onera - The French Aerospace Lab 10:35-11:05 (30min)

› MICROSCOPE satellite and launch - Yves André, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales 11:05-11:35 (30min)

›11:35 (15min)

Coffee break

11:35 - 11:50 (15min)

Coffee break

›11:50 (1h10)

Session 1
Sylvie Léon-Hirtz

11:50 - 13:00 (1h10)

Session 1

Sylvie Léon-Hirtz

› MICROSCOPE operations - Pierre-Yves Guidotti, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales 11:50-12:20 (30min)

› MICROSCOPE test and neutrino physics - Ephraim Fischbach, Purdue University 12:20-13:00 (40min)

›13:00 (1h15)

Lunch

13:00 - 14:15 (1h15)

Lunch

›14:15 (2h)

Session 2
Gilles Metris

14:15 - 16:15 (2h)

Session 2

Gilles Metris

› Constraining the chameleon screening mechanism with MICROSCOPE - Joel Bergé, Département de Mesures Physiques 14:15-14:55 (40min)

› Testing Lorentz symmetry with Microscope - Christine Guerlin, Permanent member, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel / Systèmes de Référence Temps-Espace / UPMC 14:55-15:35 (40min)

› Cold damping in Microscope : a quantum thermodynamical analysis of noise. - Jean-Michel Courty, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel 15:35-16:15 (40min)

›16:15 (20min)

Coffee break

16:15 - 16:35 (20min)

Coffee break

›16:35 (1h20)

Session 2
Gilles Metris

16:35 - 17:55 (1h20)

Session 2

Gilles Metris

› Supposed sensitivity of accelerometers in low Earth orbit to VLF - Anja Schlicht, Technische Universität München 16:35-17:15 (40min)

› Advanced laser ranging to provide a high-precision orbit and attitude determination for Microscope - Slava Turyshev, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 17:15-17:55 (40min)

›18:15 (1h15)

SWG meeting (SWG members only)

18:15 - 19:30 (1h15)

SWG meeting (SWG members only)