Advances in the measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect with Satellite Laser Ranging in the gravitational field of the Earth

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent efforts to measure the Earth's Lense-Thirring effect using Satellite Laser Ranging technology applied to LAGEOS, LAGEOS II, and LARES satellites, highlighting advancements and challenges.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the latest measurement techniques and improvements in detecting the Lense-Thirring effect with SLR satellites.

Findings

Enhanced measurement accuracy of the Lense-Thirring effect.

Comparison of results from different satellites and techniques.

Discussion of future prospects in relativistic gravity experiments.

Abstract

In this Chapter we deal with the attempts to measure the general relativistic gravitomagnetic Lense-Thirring effect with the Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) technique applied to the existing LAGEOS and LAGEOS II terrestrial satellites and to the recently approved LARES.