The First International LARES Science Workshop
Rome - 3-4 July 2009

Sapienza University of Rome
Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale



Luigi Acquaroli, Rheinmetall Italia SpA.
The Separation Subsystem of LARES Satellite.


David Arnold, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge
Optical Design of Lares Retroreflector Array


Nicola Cabibbo, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, INFN - Sezione di Roma.
Physics in Italy 1950 - 2000


Ignazio Ciufolini, Università del Salento
Testing General Relativity with LARES, LAGEOS and LAGEOS 2


Luís Filipe P. O. Costa, Centro de Física do Porto, Universidade do Porto.
Tidal Tensor approach to Gravitomagnetism


Francesco de Pasquale, ELV.
VEGA launch vehicle and qualification(LARES) mission characteristics
Enrico Flamini, ASI.
Observing the Universe at ASI: current programs.


Filippo Graziani, School of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome.
The School of Aerospace Engineering of Rome: from Aeronautics to Astronautics.


Endre Kajari, Ulm University
Sagnac effect in General Relativity and Godel's universe.


Rolf Koenig, GFZ - Potsdam
LAGEOS based Earth system parameter determination and GRACE


Sergei Kopeikin, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Experimental Detection of the Gravitomagnetic Field of Moving Masses.


Claus Laemmerzahl, ZARM, University of Bremen.
Orbits in Static and Stationary Spacetime.


Miguel Lopez, ESA.
VEGA: Status of the Development Activities


Vladimir Lukash, Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow.
How can Dark Energy be measured.


Richard Matzner, University of Texas at Austin.
Torques on the LARES satellite.
Addendum: Sun glints.


Marco Molina, CGS SpA.
Company Presentation.


Igor Novikov, Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow.
Traversable and semi-traversable Wormholes.


Robert F. O'Connell, Louisiana State University.
Spin precession in a 2-body system: a new test of General Relativity.


Antonio Paolozzi, Sapienza University of Rome
The LARES satellite.


Erricos C. Pavlis, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center (GEST), University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA Goddard.
Improvements in Satellite Laser Ranging: Towards the mm SLR.


John C. Ries, University of Texas at Austin
Satellite Laser Ranging and Relativity.


Angelo Tartaglia, Politecnico di Torino, INFN sezione di Torino.
Space-time topography: studying Riemannian geometry by means of freely falling clocks


Slava G. Turyshev, JPL, California Institute of Technology.
Solar System Tests of Relativistic Gravity: Recent Progress and Future Directions