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Equivalence Principle

The Equivalence Principle is a foundational postulate in the theory of relativity stating that the effects of gravity are locally indistinguishable from those of acceleration in an inertial frame, thereby equating gravitational mass with inertial mass.

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Mach's Principle and a Relativistic Theory of Gravitation

Carl H. Brans, R. H. Dicke · Physical Review · 1961 · 5.6K citations

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Determination of the equivalence point in potentiometric titrations. Part II

Gunnar Gran · The Analyst · 1952 · 2.9K citations

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Breakdown of predictability in gravitational collapse

S. W. Hawking · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1976 · 2.6K citations

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On the origin of gravity and the laws of Newton

Erik Verlinde · Journal of High Energy Physics · 2011 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Chameleon Fields: Awaiting Surprises for Tests of Gravity in Space

Justin Khoury, Amanda Weltman · Physical Review Letters · 2004 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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    Thibault Damour

    Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France

    16 publications · 2.2K citations

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    Pierre Touboul

    Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales, France

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

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    A. M. Nobili

    University of Pisa, Italy

    12 publications · 296 citations

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    Manuel Rodrigues

    Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales, France

    12 publications · 713 citations

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  5. EG
    E. G. Adelberger

    University of Washington, United States

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    186 publications

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  2. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    66 publications

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  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    21 h-index

    36 publications

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  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

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    73 publications

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  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

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    69 publications

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  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

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  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  8. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

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    27 publications

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    PRL · 75 publications · 12.8K citations

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  3. Classical and Quantum Gravity

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  5. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

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