Contributions to reference systems from Lunar Laser Ranging using the IfE analysis model
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DOI: 10.1007/s00190-018-1109-3
Abstract: Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) provides various quantities related to reference frames like Earth orientation parameters, coordinates and velocities of ground stations in the Earth-fixed frame and selenocentric coordinates of the lunar retro-reflectors. This paper presents… read more here.
Keywords: contributions reference; analysis; reference systems; lunar laser ... See more keywords
Recent Progress in Lunar Laser Ranging at Grasse Laser Ranging Station
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DOI: 10.1029/2019ea000785
Abstract: Based on a fully passive space segment, the lunar laser ranging experiment is the last of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package to operate. Observations from the Grasse lunar laser ranging station have been made… read more here.
Keywords: lunar laser; ranging station; grasse laser; laser ranging ... See more keywords
Manufacture of a hollow corner cube retroreflector for next generation of lunar laser ranging
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DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/18/11/136
Abstract: Lunar laser ranging has made significant contributions to the study of gravitational physics and the Earth-Moon system. The best results for fundamental gravitational experiments have been achieved using lunar laser ranging data accumulated so far.… read more here.
Keywords: cube retroreflector; laser; corner cube; lunar laser ... See more keywords
Lunar laser ranging constraints on nonminimally coupled dark energy and standard sirens
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.100.043510
Abstract: In dark energy models where a scalar field $\phi$ is coupled to the Ricci scalar $R$ of the form $e^{-2Q (\phi-\phi_0)/M_{\rm pl}}R$, where $Q$ is a coupling constant, $\phi_0$ is today's value of $\phi$, and… read more here.
Keywords: lunar laser; dark energy; phi; laser ranging ... See more keywords