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Cryogenics

• Ultralow Density Plume Measurements Using a Helium Mass Spectrometer
  Y. Jafry, J. Vanden Beukel, J. Vac. Sci, Technol. A, Vol. 10, No. 4, July/August, 1992.
• Temperature Control of a Liquid Helium Propulsion System
  P. Wiktor, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 9, Number 4, pp. 536-544 July-August 1993.
• Evaporation of Superfluid Helium in a Capillary
  C. R. Lages, R. H. Torii and D. B. DeBra, Cryogenics , Vol. 35, No. 1, 1995.
• Operational Cryogenic Experience with the Gravity Probe B Payload
  M. A. Taber, D. O. Murray, J. R. Maddocks, K. M. Burns, To be published in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering , Vol. 47, 2002
• Performance of the Relativity Mission Superfluid Helium Flight Dewar
  R. T. Parmley, G. A. Bell, D. J. Frank, D. O. Murray, and R. A. Whelan, Adv. Space Res. Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 1407-1416, 2003. COSPAR 2003.

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Data Analysis

• Ultra High Resolution Science Data Extraction for the Gravity Probe B Gyro and Telescope
  Richard Van Patten, Ray DiEsposti, John V. Breakwell, SPIE Proceedings Vol. 619, 23-24, January 1986.
• The Gravity Probe B 'Niobium Bird' Experiment Verifying the Data Reduction Scheme for Estimating the Relativistic Precession of Earth-Orbiting Gyroscopes
  H. Uematsu, B. W. Parkinson, J. M. Lockhart, B. Muhlfelder,Spaceflight Mechanics 1993, Vol. 82, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences.
• The Stanford Relativity Mission, Niobium Bird. Verification of the Science Mission by Experimental Application of a New Nonlinear Estimation Algorithm
  G. T. Haupt, G.Gutt, J. M. Lockhart, N. J. Kasdin, G. M. Keiser, B. W. Parkinson, 18th Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Keystone, Colorado, February 1-5, 1995.
• An Optimal Recursive Iterative Algorithm for Discrete Nonlinear Least-Squares Estimation
  G. Haupt, N. Kasdin, G. Keiser, and B. Parkinson, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, andControl Conference, August 7-10, 1995 AIAA-95-3218.
• Data Reduction, Error and Analysis and Identification of Systemic Errors in the Gravity Probe B Experiment
  M. I. Heifetz. C.W. F. Everitt, G. M. Keiser, A. S. Silbergleit, Proceedings of the Eighth Marcel Grossman Meeting on General Relativity. Ed: Tsvi Piran, World Scientific, Singapore, Part A, pp 259-268, 1999.
• Data Analysis in the Gravity Probe B Relativity Experiment
  M. I. Heifetz, G. M. Keiser, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information Fusion, Volume II, FUSION-99.

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Gyroscope

• Gravity Probe B: III. The Precision Gyroscope
  Y. M. Xiao, et al., Proceedings of the Sixth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Kyoto, Japan, eds. H. Sato and T. Nakamura, World Scientific, pp. 394-398, 1991
• Estimation of Gyroscope Polhode Motion Using Trapped Magnetic Flux
  C. E. Cohen, G. M. Keiser, B. W. Parkinson, Reprinted from Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 15, Number 1 pp. 152-158, January-February 1992.
• Observation of the London Moment and Trapped Flux in Precision Gyroscopes
  Y. M. Xiao, W. Felson, C. H. Wu, G. M. Keiser, J. P. Turneaure, Proceedings of the Applied Superconductivity Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1992.
• Magnetic Flux Distribution on a Spherical Superconducting Shell
  Y. Xiao, S. Buchman, G. M. Keiser, B. Muhlfelder, J. P. Turneaure, C.H. Wu, Physica B, 194-196, 65-66, North-Holland, 1994.
• Trapped Flux Reduction in a Spherical Niobium Shell at 1 mG
  R. W. Brumley, S. Buchman, Y. M. Xiao, Physica B 194-196, 1793-1794, 1994.
• A Low Temperature Gyroscope Clock for Gravitational Redshift Experiment
  S. Buchman, et al.
• An Ultra High Vacuum Low Temperature Gyroscope Clock
  T. Walter, J. P. Turneaure, S. Buchman, C. W. F. Everitt, G. M. Keiser, Physica B, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics LT-19, ed. David S. Betts, Brighton, Sussex, p. 155 August 1990.
• Critical States in 2D Disk-shaped Type-II Superconductors in Periodic External Magnetic Field
  J. Zhu, J. Mester, J. Lockhart, J. P. Turneaure, Physica (C212). pp. 216-222, 1993.
• Field-dependent Critical Currents in Thin Nb Superconducting Disks
  J. Zhu, J. Lockhart, J. P. Turneaure, Physica C, Vol. 241, pp. 17-24, 1995.
• Multilayer Films of TiC, Ti and Cu for the Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission Gyroscopes
  P. Zhou et al., presented at ICMCTF-95, San Diego, California, April 24-28, 1995, Surface & Coatings Technology 76-77 516-520 (1995).
• Gravity Gradient Gyroscope Drifts in the NASA Relativity Mission/Gravity Probe A Experiment
  N. Jeremy Kasdin, Christian Gauthier, The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 44, pp. 129-147,No. 2, April-June 1996
• The Design and Testing of the Gravity Probe B Suspension and Charge Control Systems
  Saps Buchman, William Bencze, Robert Brumley, Bruce Clarke, G. M. Keiser, W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, 1998 The American Institute of Physics 1-56396-848-7/98
• The Expected Performance of the Gravity Probe B Electrically Suspended Gyroscopes as Differential Accelerometers
  G. M. Keiser, W. Bencze, D. Debra, Second International LISA Symposium on the Detection and Observation of Gravitational Waves in Space, AIP Conference 1998, Proceedings 456, p 188.
• Cryogenic Gyroscopes for the Relativity Mission
  S. Buchman, C. W. F. Everitt, Brad Parkinson, J. P. Turneaure, G. M. Keiser, to be published in Physica B (LT 22, 1999).

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Isolation of the Science Unit

• On Eddy Currents from Moving Point Sources of Magnetic Field in the Gravity Probe B Experiment
  S.Silbergleit, G.M.Keiser, Integral methods in Science and Engineering, Volume One: Analytical Methods, Eds. C.Costanda, J.Saranen, S.Seikala, Longman, 1997, 169 Ð 173.
• Phase-Lock Roll Control for Inertially-Pointing Spacecraft by Correlations of Star Intensity Profiles with a Stored Reference
  B. W. Parkinson, J. R. Crerie, 13th Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Keystone, Colorado, February 3-7, 1990.
• Support Dependent Torques in the Relativity Gyroscope Experiment
  G. M. Keiser, Proceedings of the Fourth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, ed. R. Ruffini, North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 465-475, Elsevier Science Publishers 1986.
• Gravity Probe B Gyroscope Charge Control Using Field-Emission Cathodes
  S. Buchman, T. Quinn, G. M. Keiser, D. Gill, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B11 (2), March/April, 1993.
• Cosmic Radiation Issues for Gravitational Experiments in Space
  S. Buchman, Y. Jafry, Proceedings of the XXXIInd Rencontres de Moriond,Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe, Series: Moriond Workshop,
• Gyroscopes and Charge Control for the Relativity Mission Gravity Probe B
  Saps Buchman, C. W. F. Everitt, B. Parkinson, J. P. Turneaure, R. Brumley, D.Gill, G. M. Keiser, Y. Xiao, Proceedings of the 32nd COSPAR, Scientific Assembly in Nagoya, Japan, July 12-19 July, 1998. To be published in Advances inSpace Research. Published Adv, Space Res. 25(6) 1181, Year 2000.
• General Treatment of Geodetic and Lense - Thirring effects on an Orbiting Gyroscope
  R.J.Adler, A.S.Silbergleit, Nonlinear Gravitodynamics. The Lense - Thirring Effect, Eds. R. Ruffini, C. Sigizmondi, World Scientific, New Jersey-London-Singapore-Hong-Kong, 2003, 145 Ð 154.
• Classical Torque Errors in Gravity Probe B Experiment
  A.S.Silbergleit, M.I. Heifetz, G.M. Keiser, Nonlinear Gravitodynamics. The Lense Ð Thirring Effect, Eds. R. Ruffini, C. Sigizmondi, World Scientific, New Jersey-London-Singapore-Hong-Kong, 2003, 155 Ð 171.

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Navigation

• Twenty Milliarcsec Pointing System for the Rolling GP-B Spacecraft
  B. W. Parkinson, N. J. Kasdin, Aerospace Century XXI, Vol. 66, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, AAS88-005, 1988.
• GP-B Orbit Modeling and Injection Requirements
  P. Axelrad, R. H.Vassar, B. W. Parkinson, AAS91-164, Winter of 1990
• Flight Tests of Attitude Determination Using GPS Compared Against an Inertial Navigation Unit
  C. E. Cohen, B. D. McNally, B. W. Parkinson, ION National Technical Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 1993.
• GPS Receiver Satellite/Antenna Selection Algorithm for the Stanford Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission
  J. Li, A. Ndili, L. Ward, S. Buchman, The Institute of Navigation conference held in San Diego, CA, January 25-27, 1999. Proceedings of 1999 National Technical Meeting, pp.541-550.

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Optics

• Optical Homogeneity of Gyroscope Blanks for the Gravity Probe B Experiment
  J. M. De Freitas, M. A. Player, presented at the Applied Optics and Opto-electronic Conference, University of York, UK, September 5-8, 1994.
• Ultrahigh Precision Measurements of Optical Heterogeneity of High Quality Fused Silica
  J. M. DeFreitas, M. A. Player, Applied Physics Letter 66 (26) June 26, 1995.
• Polarization Effects in Heterodyne Interferometry
  J. M. DeFretias, M. A. Player, Journal of Modern Optics, Vol. 42, No. 9, 1875-1899, 1995.

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Project Management Papers

• Gradiometry Coexperiments on the Gravity Probe B and STEP Missions
  M. Tapley, J. V. Breakwell, C. W. F. Everitt, R. Van Patten, P. Worden, Jr., Adv. Space Res. Vol. II, No. 6, p. (6) 182, 1991.
• The Gravity Probe-B Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Approach to a Flight Mission
  J. P. Turneaure, C. W. F. Everitt, B. W. Parkinson, Proceedings of the Fourth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, ed. R.ÊRuffini, North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 411-464, Elsevier Science Publishers 1986.
• Stanford Relativity Gyro Experiment-Preface
  C. W. F. Everitt, Preface, Stanford Relativity Gyro Experiment, (NASA Gravity Probe B SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 619, 23-24, January 1986.
• The Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission
  Sasha Buchman. C. W. F. Everitt, B. Parkinson, J. P. turneaure, D. DeBra, D. Bardas, W. Bencze, R. Brumley, D. Gill, G. Gutt, D. H. Gwo, G. M. Keiser, J. Lipa, J. Lockhart, J. Mester, B. Muhlfelder, M. Taber, S. Wang, Y. Xiao, and P. Zhou , Proceedings of the 32nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Nagoya, Japan, July 12- 19 July, 1998. To be published in Advances in Space Research. Published Adv. Space Res. 25(6), 1177, Year 2000.
• Co-Co-Experiments in Gravitational Physics with GP-B and STEP
  M. B. Tapley, C. W. F. Everitt, Adv. Space Res. Vol. 13, No. 7, pp. (7) 77-(7) 80, Great Britain 1993.
• Development of the Gravity Probe B Flight Mission
  J. P. Turneare, C. W. F. Everitt, et al, (submitted to Adv. In Space Research) (Unpublished as at May 17, 2000) COSPAR 1996
• Hardware Development for Gravity Probe
  D. Bardas, W.S. Cheung, D. Gill, R. Hacker, G. M. Keiser, J. A. Lipa, M. Macgirvin, T. Saldinger, J. P. Turneaure,M. S. Wooding, Stanford Unviversity, J. M. Lockhart Stanford and San Francisco University, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 619, 23-24, Los Angeles, California, January 1986.
• Gravity Probe B Payload Verification and Test Program
  M. A. Taber, D. Bardas, et. al, .Adv. Cryo. Eng. 47 (AIP Conf. Proc. 613), 1241 (2002).
• Multisensor Data Integration in the NASA/Stanford Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission
  M. I. Heifetz, G. M. Keiser, A. S. Krechetov, and A. S. Silbergleit, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Fusion, July 10-13, 2000, Paris, France.
• Systems Engineering for the Gravity Probe B Program
  Lou S. Young, (NASA Gravity Probe B) SPIE Proceedings Vol. 619, 23-24, January 1986.
• Credibility of GP-B's Gyroscope Test of General Relativity
  D. Debra, B. Parkinson, G. Keiser, C. W. F. Everitt, S. Buchman,(0.2milliarcseconds per year), Gravity Probe B Stanford University. Presentation at the 25th Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, February 6-10 2002, Breckenridge, Colorado, Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Section.

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Readout System Papers

• An Ultralow Noise Amplifier for Superconductive Detectors
  G. M. Gutt, J. S. Kim , M. R. Condron II, J. M. Lockhart, B. Muhlfelder, Third International Superconductive Electronics Conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, June 25-27, 1991.
• Noise Measurements on DC-SQUIDs with Varied Design
  M. R. Condron II, G. M. Gutt, B. Muhlfelder, J. M. Lockhart, J. P. Turneaure, M. E. Huber, M. W. Cromar, E. K. Houseman, H. Koch and H. LYbbig, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 312-6, 1992.
• Evaluation of GaAs FETs for Cryogenic Readout
  R. K. Kirschmann, S. V. Lemoff, J. A. Lipa, Proceedings from Conference on Infrared Readout Electronics, Orlando, Florida, SPIE Vol. 1684 April, 1992.
• A Method for Simulating a Flux-Locked dc SQUID
  G. M. Gutt, N. J. Kasdin, M. R. Condron II, B. Muhlfelder, J. M. Lockhart, M. W. Cromar, Paper EBC-2, 1992, Applied Superconductivity Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1992. Being considered for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity.
• Production of Ultralow Magnetic Fields for Gravity Probe B (GP-B)
  M. A. Taber, D. O. Murray, J. M. Lockhart, D. J. Frank, D. Donegan, 1993 Cryogenic Engineering Conference. To be published in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Vol. 39, 77, 1993.
• Further Evaluation of GaAsFETs for Cryogenic Readout
  R. K. Kirschman, J. A. Lipa, Proceedings from Conference on Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation, SPIE Vol. 1946, pp. 350-364, April, 1993.
• Charge Measurement
  Saps Buchman, Stanford University, John Mester, Stanford University, T. J. Sumner, Imperial College, by CRC Press LLC, 1999. The Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook.
• Testing the GP-B Telescope Readout Electronics on a Flight Quality Telescope
  S. Wang, D-H Gwo, K. A. Bower, L. W. Huff, R. K. Kirschman, J. A. Lipa, M. Jhabvala, S. Babu, N. Das, J. Phys. IV France 8 (1998)
• SQUID Readout and Ultra-Low Magnetic Fields for Gravity Probe B (GP-B)
  J. M. Lockhart, (NASA Gravity Probe B) SPIE Proceedings Vol. 619, 23-24, January 1986.
• A Robust SQUID System for Space Use
  B. Muhlfelder, J. M. Lockhart, M. Luo, T. McGinnis, Proceedings of the Eighth Marcel Grossman Meeting on General Relativity. Ed: Tsvi Piran, World Scientific, Singapore, Part A, pp 1154-1159, 1999.
• Precise Trapped Flux Signal Analysis in Gravity Probe B Experiment
  Elliot Mandel, Physics Undergraduate Honors Thesis, supervised by Alexander S. Silbergleit, June 2000.
• The Gravity Probe B Gyroscope Readout System
  B. Muhlfelder, J. M. Lockhart and G. M. Gutt, 2003 COSPAR Adv. Space Res. Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 1397-1400, 2003.
• Fabrication and characterization of low-Noise Cryogenic Si JFETs
  R. T. Goldberg, M. D. Jhabvala, Solid State Device Development Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, R. K. Kirschman, Suwen Wang, D.-H Gwo, J. A. Lipa, Hansen

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Program Status

• The Gravity Probe B Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: An Update on Progress
  B. W. Parkinson, C. W. F. Everitt, J. P. Turneaure, Aerospace Century XXI, Vol. 64, Advances in Astronautical Sciences, AAS 86-319, San Diego, California, 1987.
• Results from the First Integrated System Tests of the Gravity Probe B Experiment
  M. Taber, et al., Proceedings of the First William Fairbank Meeting on Relativistic Gravitational Experiments in Space, Rome, Italy, eds. M. Demianski and C. W. F. Everitt, Advanced Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Vol. 7, World Scientific, pp. 211-226, 1990.
• Gravity Probe: II Hardware Development; Progress Towards the Flight Instrument
  D. Bardas, et al., ÒGravity Probe: II Hardware Development; Progress Towards the Flight Instrument,Ó Proceedings of the Sixth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Kyoto, Japan, eds. H. Sato and T. Nakamura, World Scientific, pp. 382-393, 1991.
• Status of the Cryogenic Inertial Reference System for the Gravity Probe B Mission
  J. A. Lipa, D.H. Gwo, R. K. Kirschman, SPIE Vol. 1765 Cryogenic Optical Systems and Instruments V, 1992.
• Gravity Probe B: Status and Flight Plans
  J. C. Mester, C. W. F. Everitt, B. W. Parkinson, J. P. Turneaure, Proceedings of the Symposium on the Early Universe, Madras, India (Dec. 1994).

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Telescope

• Cryogenic Star-Tracking Telescope for Gravity Probe-B
  C. W. F. Everitt, D. E. Davidson, R. A. Van Patten, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 619, Los Angeles, California, 23-24 January, 1986.
• Status of the Cryogenic Telescope and Guide Star for Gravity Probe B
  Suwen Wang, D.-H Gwo, K. A. Bower, L. W. Huff, J. A. Lipa, Proceedings of the 32nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Nagoya,Japan, July 12-19, 1998.
• Optical and Pneumatic Vibration Isolation for Optimal Performance of an Artificial Star
  E. Acworth, submitted to Precision Engineering: Journal of the American Society for Precision Engineering. (Manuscript has been edited, needs final preparation, per author February 09, 2004).
• The Gravity Probe B Star Tracking Telescope
  D. H. Gwo, S. Wang, K. A. Bower, D. E. Davidson, P. Ehrensberger, L. Huff, E. Romero, M. T. Sullivan, K. Triebes and J. A. Lipa, Adv. Space Res. Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 1401-1405, 2003.
• Science Telescope for Gravity Probe B
  S. Wang, R. P. Farley, J. H. Goebel, M. Heietz, J. A. Lipa and J. P. Turneaure, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5172 Cryogenic Optical Systems and Instruments X, edited by James B. Heaney, Lawrence G. Burriesci, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003), page 108.
• A Cryogenic Optical Telescope for Inertial Pointing in the Milli-arc-sec Range
  S. Wang, D.-H Gwo, R. K. Kirschman, J. A. Lipa, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Low-Temperature Physics Prague, August 8-14, 1996, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, Vol 46 (1996), Suppl. S5.
• The Telescope Readout Electronics for the Gravity Probe Satellite
  H. P. Demroff, et al, J. Phys. IV France 8 (1998)

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Relativity Related Theory

• Proposal for a Satellite Test of the Coriolis Prediction of General Relativity
  G. E. Pugh. Reprinted in Nonlinear Gravitodynamics, The Lense Thirring Effect, a documentary introduction to current research. Editors: Remo J. Ruffini, Costantino Sigismondi, 2002, pp. 414-425. Orininally Published as U.S. Department of Defense Weapons Systems Evaluation Group Research Memorandum No. 11, 1959.
• Motion of a Gyroscope According to Einstein's Theory of Gravitation
  L. I. Schiff. Reprinted in Nonlinear Gravitodynamics, The Lense Thirring Effect, a documentary introduction to current research. Editors: Remo J. Ruffini, Costantino Sigismondi, 2002, pp. 427-438. Orininally Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 46, 1960.
• Gravitation, Relativity, and Precise Experimentation
  C. W. F. Everitt, Proceedings of the First Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, pp. 545-615, North Holland, 1977.
• Gravity and Inertia
  P. W. Worden, Jr., C. W. F. Everitt, Resource Letter G1-1, American Association of Physics Teachers, pp. 494-500, June 1982.
• Cryogenic Equivalence Principle Experiment
  P. W. Worden, Jr., Proceedings of the Third Marcel Grossmann Meeting, 1983.
• Do Cosmic Strings Violate the Equivalence Principle?
  D. Kalligas, Proceedings of the First William Fairbank Meeting on Relativistic Gravitational Experiments in Space, Advanced Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Vol. 7 Rome, World Scientific, pp. 26-30, 1990.
• Gravity Probe B: I. The Scientific Implications
  C. W. F. Everitt, Proceedings of the Sixth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Kyoto, Japan, eds. H. Sato and T. Nakamura, World Scientific, pp. 1632-1644, 1991.
• Flat FRW Models with Variable G and A
  D. Kalligas, P. Wesson, C. W. F. Everitt, General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 24, No. 4, 1992.
• The Classical Tests in Kaluza-Klein Gravity
  D. Kalligas, P. S. Wesson, C. W. F. Everitt, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 439, No. 2, Part 1, February 1, 1995.
• Bianchi Type I Cosmological Models with Variable G and D A Comment
  D. Kalligas, P. S. Wesson, C.W. F. Everitt, Reprinted from General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 27, No. 6, 1995.
• Analytical Approach to Spherically Symmetric Solutions of the Einstein Scalar Field Equations I
  J. E. Berberian, A. S. Silbergleit, "Analytical and Numerical Approaches to Relativity Source of Gravitations Radiation." Proceeding of The Spanish Relativity Meeting, Palma, de Mallorca, September 1997.
• Analytical Approach to Spherically-Symmetric Solutions of the Einstein Scalar Field Equations II
  J. E. Berberian, A. S. Silbergleit, Published in Analytical and Numerical Approaches to Relativity Sources of Gravitational Radiation, 1998, p.p. 229-236.
• Explicit green's function of a Boundary Value Problem for a Sphere and Trapped Flux Analysis in Gravity Probe B Experiment
  M. Nemenman, A. S. Silbergleit, Jounal of Applied Physics 86 (1) 614-62
• General Treatment of Orbiting Gyroscope Precession
  R. J. Adler and A. S. Silbergleit, International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2000.
• Gravity and the Uncertainty Principle
  R. J. Adler and D.I. Santiago, Mod. Phys. Let. A, 1371, 1999.
• Metric for an Oblate Earth
  R.J. Adler, General Relativity and Gravitation, 1999.
• On the Detectability of Quantum Spacetime Foam with Gravitational Wave Interferometers
  R. J. Adler, I. M. Nemenman, J. M. Overduin, and D. I. Santiago, Phys. Let. B 477, 424, 2000.
• Global Dynamics of Cosmological Expansion with a Minimally Coupled Scalar Field
  Santiago and A S. Silbergleit, Physics Letters A, April 3, 2000.
• The Generalized Uncertainty Principle and Black Hole Remnants
  R. J. Adler, Pisin chen, and David L. Santiago, General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 33, No. 12 December 2001.
• Realtivistic Diskoseismology II. Analytical Results for c-Modes
  A. S. Silbergleit, R. V. Wagoner and M. Ortega-Rodriquez, Astrophys, J, 548 (Feb. 10, 2001) 335-347.
• Covariant calculation of general relativistic effects in an orbiting gyroscope experiment
  C. Will, Physical Review Letters-D, 67, 2003 (March 23, 2003), 1-7.
• Relativity at the centenary
  C. Will, Physics World, January 2005, 27-32.

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Excerpts from the book, Near Zero: New Frontiers of Physics

Edited by J.D. Fairbank, B.S Deaver, Jr., C.W.F. Everitt, & P.F. Michelson
Copyright © 1988, W. H. Freeman & Company, New York

Chapter VI: Gravitation & Astrophysics, Sections 2 & 3: the Stanford Gyroscope Experiment

• VI.2: Gravitomagnetism, Jets in Quasars, and the Stanford Gyroscope Experiment
  Kip S. Thorne
• VI.3A: The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: History and Overview
  C. W. F. Everitt
• VI.3B: The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Gyroscope Development
  J. A. Lipa and G. M. Keiser
• VI.3C: The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: London Moment Readout of the Gyroscope
  John T. Anderson
• VI.3D: The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Ultra High Vacuum Techniques for the Experiment
  J. P. Turneaure, E. A. Cornell, P. D. Levine and J. A. Lipa
• VI.3E: The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Flight Gyro Suspension System
  Richard A. Van Patten
• VI.3F: The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Correction to the Predicted Geodetic Precession of the Gyroscope Resulting from the Earth's Oblateness
  J. V. Breakwell
• VI.3G: The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Translation and Orientation Control
  Daniel B. De Bra

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Origins of the Gravity Probe B Experiment & Drag-free Satellites

• On Experimental Test of the General Theory of Relativity
  L. I. Schiff. American Journal of Physics, April 1960 (submitted October 1959), pp. 340-343.
• Proposal for a Satellite Test of the Coriolis Prediction of General Relativity
  G. E. Pugh. Reprinted in Nonlinear Gravitodynamics, The Lense Thirring Effect, a documentary introduction to current research. Editors: Remo J. Ruffini, Costantino Sigismondi, 2002, pp. 414-425. Orininally Published as U.S. Department of Defense Weapons Systems Evaluation Group Research Memorandum No. 11, 1959.
• Possible New Experimental Test of General Relativity Theory
  L. I. Schiff. Physical Review Letters, Vol 4, Number 5, March 1960, pp. 215-217.
• Motion of a Gyroscope According to Einstein's Theory of Gravitation
  L. I. Schiff. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 46, June 1960, pp. 871-882.
• Proposed Experimental Test of General Relativity
  W.M. Fairbank & L.I. Schiff. Initial 2-page proposal to NASA, January 1961.
• Proceedings of the July 1961 Conference on Experimental Tests of Theories of Relativity
  Held at Stanford University, July 20-21, 1961 and sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Space Sciences, headed by Dr. Nancy G. Roman, Chief of Astronomy, Solar Physics, Geophsics, and Relativity programs. The conference was chaired by H. P. Robertson, Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and participants included over 30 well-known authorities in physics and aerospace engineering.
• Requirements and Design for a Special Gyro for Measuring General Relativity Effects from an Astronomical Satellite
  Robert H. Cannon, Jr., Chairman of the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 1962. Published in the Proceedings of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Kreiselproleme Gyrodynamics, Symposium Celerina, August 20-23, 1962, pp 145-157. Copyright © 1963, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
• Proposal to Develop a Zero-G, Drag-Free Satellite and tp Perform a Gyro Test of General Relativity in a Satellite
  R.H. Cannon, Jr., W.M. Fairbank, & L.I. Schiff. Proposal to NASA, November 1962.
• The Control and Use of Drag-Free Satellites
  Benjamin Lange, Doctoral Dissertation, Stanford University Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Paper #194, June, 1964.
• The Drag-Free Satellite (Drag free satellite design and use, analyzing control and guidance system with respect to system performance and gas usage)
  Benjamin Lange. American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Journal (AIAA), Volume 2, Number 9, Septermber 1964, pp. 1590-1606.
• A Satellite Freed of all but Gravitational Forces: "TRIAD I"
  Staff of the Space Department, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD AND Staff of the Guidance and Control Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Journal (AIAA), Volume 11, Number 9, September 1974, pp. 637-644.
• The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: History and Overview
  C. W. F. Everitt, Excerpt from the book, Near Zero: New Frontiers of Physics. Chapter VI, Section 3A. Edited by J.D. Fairbank, B.S Deaver, Jr., C.W.F. Everitt, & P.F. Michelson, Copyright © 1988, W. H. Freeman & Company, New York.
• The Stanford Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Translation and Orientation Control
  Daniel B. De Bra, Excerpt from the book, Near Zero: New Frontiers of Physics. Chapter VI, Section 3G. Edited by J.D. Fairbank, B.S Deaver, Jr., C.W.F. Everitt, & P.F. Michelson, Copyright © 1988, W. H. Freeman & Company, New York.

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Miscellaneous

• Gravity Probe B Dewar/Probe Concept
  R. T. Parmley, J. Goodman, M. Regelbrugge, S. Yuan, (NASA Gravity Probe B) SPIE Proceedings Vol. 619, 23-24, January 1986.
• The Gravity Probe B Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Development of the Prototype Flight Instrument
  J. P.Turneaure, et al., Proceedings from the XXVII Cospar Symposium on Relativistic Gravitation, Espoo, Finland, July 18-29, 1988.
• Gravity Probe B as a Geodesy Mission and Its Implications for TOPEX
  C. W. F. Everitt, J. V. Breakwell, M. Tapley, D. B. DeBra, B. W. Parkinson, D. E. Smith, O. L. Colombo, E. C. Pavlis, B. D. Tapley, R. S. Nerem, D. N. Yuan, W. G. Melbourne, April 1989.
• An Optimal Thruster Configuration Design and Evaluation for Quick STEP
  H. P. Jin, P. Wiktor and D.B. DeBra, Reprints, 13th IEAC Symposium, Automatic Control in Aerospace-Aerospace Control 1994.
• Spacecraft Control System for the Relativity Mission
  H. Dougherty, D. Hegel, J. Kierschenbaum, J. Vanden Buekel, W. Reeve, N. J. Kasdin, Control Eng. Practice, Vol. 3 No. 8. pp.1119-1123, 1995
• Gravity Probe B — A paper describing the flight hardware, on-orbit oerations, and preliminary data analysis for the GP-B satellite
  G. M. Keiser et al, Bologna, IT: La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica, Vol 321 No. 11, pp. 555-589, 2009.

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Abstracts

• List of all scientific papers on file [PDF]
• Abstracts of all scientific papers since 1989 [PDF]
• Abstracts from Graduate Theses [PDF]

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