Phys. Rev. D 65, 042005 (2002) [6 pages]Null result for violation of the equivalence principle with free-fall rotating gyroscopesReceived 6 August 2001; published 25 January 2002 The differential acceleration between a rotating mechanical gyroscope and a nonrotating one is directly measured by using a double free-fall interferometer, and no apparent differential acceleration has been observed at the relative level of 2×10-6. It means that the equivalence principle is still valid for rotating extended bodies, i.e., the spin-gravity interaction between the extended bodies has not been observed at this level. Also, to the limit of our experimental sensitivity, there is no observed asymmetrical effect or antigravity of the rotating gyroscopes as reported by Hayasaka et al. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.042005
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.042005
PACS:
04.80.Cc
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