Lunar surface gravimeter experiment. Final report. [Moon used as antenna]

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7218498

Giganti, J J; Larson, J V; Richard, J P; Tobias, R L; Weber, J

The lunar surface gravimeter used the Moon as an instrumented antenna to search for gravitational waves predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity. Tidal deformation of the Moon was measured. Gravitational radiation is a channel that is capable of giving information about the structure and evolution of the Universe.

• Research Organization: Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
• DOE Contract Number: NAS9-5886
• OSTI ID: 7218498
• Report Number(s): N-77-18981; NASA-CR-151203; TRN: 77-016552
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Subm-Sponsored in Part by the Computer Science Center, MD. Univ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION
RADIATION DETECTION
DEFORMATION
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVIMETRY
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
MOON
TIDE
EQUATIONS
FIELD EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
RADIATIONS
SATELLITES
640106* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Cosmology