Abstract: The theory of general relativity (GR) was formulated for describing gravity more than 100 years ago. The test results have been coming out slow due to extremely week effects predicted by GR. With the advancement of technology, the field has been expanding in the past few decades. I will review some of the historical experiments as well as some of the on-going efforts in testing the theory of gravity. About the Speaker: Prof. Suwen Wang is the director of Ocean Observatory, Hainan Tropical Ocean University. He is also a member of Taiji program in space. Prof. Wang graduated at Physics Department of Nanjing University in 1982. Then he went to United States via CUSPEA and got PhD at Duke University in 1988. After 1992, he worked on experiments about general relativity at Stanford University, including Gravity Probe B, verification of equivalence principle, light speed measurement using microwave and optical cavity and technology development of space gravitational wave detection.
Xiangdong Ji, Sheng Li