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Features articles contributed by participants of the international workshop - From Quantum to Cosmos: Fundamental Physics Research in Space - held at the Airlie Center in Warrenton, Virginia, USA, on May 21-24, 2006. This volume discusses the advances in our understanding of fundamental physics that are anticipated in the future.
List of contents
Policy: Space-based Research in Fundamental Physics and Quantum Technologies (S G Turyshev et al.); Space-based Science and the American Competitiveness Initiative (J H Marburger III); Laboratory Experiments for Fundamental Physics in Space (W D Phillips); Gravitational Theory: Observable Consequences of Strong Coupling in Theories with Large Distance Modified Gravity (G Dvali); Theory and Phenomenology of DGP Gravity (C Deffayet); Testing Strong MOND Behavior in the Solar System (J Magueijo & J Bekenstein); Gravitational Experiment: Apollo: A New Push in Lunar Laser Ranging (T W Murphy Jr et al.); Asynchronous Laser Transponders: A New Tool for Improved Fundamental Physics Experiments (J J Degnan); A Laboratory Test of the Equivalence Principle as Prolog to a Spaceborne Experiment (R D Reasenberg & J D Phillips); Physics Beyond the Standard Model: Detecting Sterile Dark Matter in Space (A Kusenko); Electron Electric Dipole Moment Experiment with Slow Atoms (H Gould); Testing Relativity at High Energies Using Spaceborne Detectors (F W Stecker); Atoms and Clocks: New Forms of Quantum Matter Near Absolute Zero Temperature (W Ketterle); Atomic Quantum Sensors in Space (T van Zoest et al.); Precision Measurement Based on Ultracold Atoms and Cold Molecules (J Ye et al.); Cosmology and Dark Energy: Dark Energy Task Force: Findings and Recommendations (R N Cahn); CMB Polarization: The Next Decade (B Winstein); Natural Inflation: Status After WMAP Three-Year Data (K Freese et al.); and other papers.