Equation 113 · Part 2 · The Bend an Elevator Cannot Fake
Symbol Phi_,ij
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Phi_,ij is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Phi_,ij is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
…Second, weak-field gravity: expanding / for small / , the quadratic term is second order in the already-small ratio / and negligible next to the first-order term / , so , exactly the ordinary Newtonian tidal tensor of tower and satellite geodesy [ 15 , 14 ] . The first derivative alone, meanwhile, recovers the textbook gravitational redshift these networks were already built to measure: y…
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
- [11] Apparent Weight of Photons ↗
- [12] Test of Relativistic Gravitation with a Space-Borne Hydrogen Maser ↗
- [8] Atomic Clock Performance Enabling Geodesy Below the Centimetre Level ↗
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