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Theory and Model for the New
Generation of the Lunar Laser Ranging Data
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Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR)
measurements are crucial for advanced exploration of the
evolutionary history of the lunar orbit, the laws of fundamental
gravitational physics, selenophysics and geophysics as well as
for future human missions to the Moon. Current LLR technique
measures distance to the corner cube reflector (CCR) on the Moon
with a precision approaching one millimeter that strongly
demands further significant improvement of the theoretical model
of the orbital and rotational dynamics of the Earth-Moon system.
This model should inevitably be based on the theory of general
relativity, fully incorporate the relevant
geophysical/selenophysical processes and rely upon the most
recent IAU standards. The workshop’s primary goal is to discuss
new ideas, methods and approaches in developing such a
mathematical model. The model must take into account all classic
and relativistic effects in the orbital and rotational motion of
the Moon and Earth at the millimeter-range level. It should be
consistent with the IAU 2000 resolutions on reference frames and
demonstrate how to make the LLR data analysis independent of
spurious classic and relativistic effects that are associated
with inappropriate choice of coordinates and/or physical model
of Earth/Moon interior and ephemerides of the solar system
bodies. The new model must elaborate on currently used LLR code
to take advantage of one millimeter accuracy for computation and
evaluation of a more complete and detailed set of solution
parameters. The workshop is to explore the new opportunities of
the one-millimeter LLR to perform the most precise fundamental
test of general relativity in the solar system in robust and
physically-adequate way.
You can download
the proposal
here (pdf file)
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
Jacques
Laskar
Astronomie et Systèmes Dynamiques, IMCCE-CNRS, Observatoire
de Paris, Paris, France
Michael Soffel
Lohrmann Observatory, Dresden Technical University, Dresden,
Germany
Juergen Mueller
Institute of Geodesy, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Juergen Oberst
Institut für Planetenforschung, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-
und Raumfahrt Rutherfordstr, Berlin, Germany
Sergei Klioner
Lohrmann Observatory, Dresden Technical University Dresden,
Germany
Ulrich Schreiber
Forschungseinrichtung Satellitengeodaesie, Technische Universitaet
Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany
Ignazio Ciufolini
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Innovazione, Universitá di
Lecce, Lecce, Italy
Juan Getino
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de
Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Alberto Escapa
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Escuela
Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante,
Spain
Alexander Zakharov
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
Alexander Gusev
Department of Geophysics, Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia
Natalia Petrova
Department of Astronomy, Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia
Erricos Pavlis
Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, (GEST/UMBC),
University of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Despina Pavlis
SGT Inc, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Tom Murphy
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego,
California, USA
Slava Turyshev
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA
Gregory A. Neumann
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Wassila Zerhouni
Observatoire de Paris, SYRTE/CNRS, Paris, France
Franz Hofmann
Institute of Geodesy, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Liliane Biskupek
Institute of Geodesy, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Philipp Gläser
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Shi Xian
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Shganghai, China;
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hervé Manche
Astronomie et Systèmes Dynamiques, IMCCE-CNRS, Observatoire
de Paris, Paris, France
Nicolas Rambaux
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, IMCCE - Observatoire de
Paris, Paris, France
Nicole Capitaine
Observatoire de Paris, SYRTE-CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Paris,
France
Agnes Fienga
Astronomie et Systèmes Dynamiques, IMCCE-CNRS, Observatoire
de Paris, Paris, France
Pierre Exertier
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur/UMR Geosciences, Azur, Grasse
Etienne Samain
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur/UMR Geosciences, Azur, Grasse
Jean-Marie Torre
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur/UMR Geosciences, Azur, Grasse
Sergey Kudryavtsev
Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University,
Moscow, Russia
Jin-Ling Li
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory CAS, Shanghai, China
William Folkner
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA
Jim Williams
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA
Victor Brumberg
retired from the Institute of Applied Astronomy, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA
Douglas G. Currie
Astro-Metrology Group, Department of Physics, University of
Maryland, College Park, USA
Michael Efroimsky
United States Naval Observatory, Washington DC, USA
John C. Ries
Center for Space Research, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas,
USA
Peter J. Shelus
McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
Workshops
First workshop: February 16-19, 2010. Agenda
of the first workshop.
Second workshop: February 14-17, 2011. Agenda
of the second workshop.
Third workshop: March 22-23, 2012. Agenda
of the third workshop.
Talks
Talks
of the first workshop
Talks
of the second workshop
Talks of the third workshop
Useful Information
1) For hotel reservation, please, contact Mrs. Jennifer Zaugg
directly over e-mail
jennifer.zaugg@issibern.ch , or phone +41-31-631 4896, or
Fax +41-31-631 4897 with your individual arrival and departure
date to Bern. The deadline for hotel reservation is January 21,
2011.
2) Switzerland has joined the Schengen Visa Scheme. The
participants who are required to get the Schengen entry permit
should contact Mrs. Brigitte Schutte for issuing the letter of
invitation.
3) Walking directions from hotels to ISSI are here: http://www.issibern.ch/localguide/hotels.html