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Laboratory for Particle Physics (LTP)


LTP Colloquium

The Thermal Analysis of the Pioneer Spacecraft and the Anomalous Acceleration

Thursday, December 15, 2011, 16:00
WBGB/019

O. Bertolami, University of Porto

Abstract:
We present a method to evaluate the on-board thermal effects on the Pioneer spacecraft and to compute the resulting acceleration. It is discussed under which conditions the anomalous acceleration problem is resolved.