Schiff's Proposed Gyroscope Experiment as a Test of the Scalar-Tensor Theory of General Relativity
- 8 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 20 (2), 69-71
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.20.69
Abstract
We compare an explicit expression for the precession of a gyroscope in the Brans-Dicke scalar-tensor general relativity theory with the result derived by Schiff using Einstein's theory, and suggest that the gyroscope experiment offers the best possibility for testing the Brans-Dicke theory. Further, we conclude that the gyroscope in a satellite offers a more sensitive test than the earth-bound gyroscope.Keywords
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