A01=Board on Physics and Astronomy
A01=Committee on NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation
A01=Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
A01=National Research Council
A01=Space Studies Board
Author_Board on Physics and Astronomy
Author_Committee on NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation
Author_Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Author_National Research Council
Author_Space Studies Board
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- ISBN 9780309111621
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 19 Dec 2007
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"Beyond Einstein science" is a term that applies to a set of new scientific challenges at the intersection of physics and astrophysics. Observations of the cosmos now have the potential to extend our basic physical laws beyond where 20th-century research left them. Such observations can provide stringent new tests of Einstein's general theory of relativity, indicate how to extend the Standard Model of elementary-particle physics, and -- if direct measurements of gravitational waves were to be made -- give astrophysics an entirely new way of observing the universe. In 2003, NASA, working with the astronomy and astrophysics communities, prepared a research roadmap entitled Beyond Einstein: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. This roadmap proposed that NASA undertake space missions in five areas in order to study dark energy, black holes, gravitational radiation, and the inflation of the early universe, to test Einstein's theory of gravitation. This study assesses the five proposed Beyond Einstein mission areas to determine potential scientific impact and technical readiness.
Each mission is explored in great detail to aid decisions by NASA regarding both the ordering of the remaining missions and the investment strategy for future technology development within the Beyond Einstein Program.
Committee on NASA's Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation, National Research Council
