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Appendix D: List of ISS Fundamental Physics Experiments 2002-2008
Pages 75-76

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... Atom wave interferometry will allow exacting tests of Einstein's equivalence principle. Laser cooling will simultaneously cool and trap both rubidium and cesium atoms, which will then undergo free fall in space.
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... : CLASS, QUITE Launch schedule data from International Space Station Research Program: Implementation for the Physical Sciences, presentation by E.H. Trinh to TGRISS, March 5, 2002.
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  • atomic clock
  • space station
  • heat capacity
  • international space
  • rubidium atomic

  • critical region
  • interferometric test
  • compressibility measurements
  • produce atom
  • detailed tests

  • primary atomic
  • david goodstein
  • waves inside
  • crossover models
  • density gradients

  • cesium atoms
  • launch schedule
  • extremely accurate
  • atom waves
  • superconducting oscillator

  • atoms cooled
  • atomic beams
  • simultaneously cool
  • provide detailed
  • gradients induced

  • usul density
  • schedule data
  • elementary particles
  • clock based
  • alpha magnetic


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