Astronomer at Paris Observatory,
LNE-SYRTE, CNRS UMR8630, UPMC,
Team Theory and Metrology.
Observatoire de Paris, SYRTE
77 Avenue Denfert Rochereau
75014 Paris
Fields of research:
- General Relativity and alternatives theories
- Celestial Mechanics
- Astrometry
tel: +33 1 40 51 20 20
mail: christophe.leponcin AT obspm.fr
Refeered Publications:
- C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, B. Linet and P. Teyssandier, World function and time transfer function: general post-Minkowskian expansions, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 21, Issue 18, pp. 4463-4483, 2004.
- C. Le Poncin-Lafitte and S. Lambert, Numerical study of relativistic frequency shift for the cold-atom clock experiment in space, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 801-808, 2007.
- J. Souchay, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte and A. H. Andrei, Close approaches between Jupiter and quasars with possible application to the scheduled GAIA mission, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 471, Issue 1, pp.335-343, 2007.
- J. Souchay, S. Lambert and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, A comparative study of rigid Earth, non-rigid Earth nutation theories, and observational data, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 472, Issue 2, pp.681-689, 2007.
- C. Le Poncin-Lafitte and P. Teyssandier, Influence of mass multipole moments on the deflection of a light ray by an isolated axisymmetric body, Physical Review D, vol. 77, Issue 4, id. 044029, 2008.
- J. Souchay, S. Lambert, A. H. Andrei, S. Bouquillon, C. Barache and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, Astrometric comparisons of quasar catalogues, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 485, Issue 1, pp.299-302, 2008.
- P. Teyssandier and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, General post-Minkowskian expansion of time transfer functions, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 25, Issue 14, pp. 145020 2008.
- J. Souchay, A. H. Andrei, C. Barache, S. Bouquillon, A.-M. Gontier, S. Lambert, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, F. Taris, E. F. Arias, D. Suchet and M. Baudin, The construction of the large quasar astrometric catalogue (LQAC), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 494, Issue 2, pp.799-815, 2009.
- S. Mathis and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, Tidal dynamics of extended bodies in planetary systems and multiple stars, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 497, Issue 3, pp.889-910, 2009.
- S. Lambert and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, Determining the relativistic parameter gamma using very long baseline interferometry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 499, Issue 1, pp.331-335, 2009.
- A. Fienga, J. Laskar, T. Morley, H. Manche, P. Kuchynka, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, F. Budnik, M. Gastineau, and L. Somenzi, INPOP08, a 4-D planetary ephemeris: from asteroid and time-scale computations to ESA Mars Express and Venus Express contributions, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 507, Issue 3, pp.1675-1686, 2009.
- S. Charnoz, A. Crida, J. Castillo-Rogez, V. Lainey, L. Dones, O. Karatekin, G. Tobie, S. Mathis, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte and J. Salmon, Accretion of Saturn's mid-sized moons during the viscous spreading of young massive rings: Solving the paradox of silicate-poor rings versus silicate-rich moons, Icarus, Volume 216, Issue 2, p. 535-550, 2011.
- S. Lambert and C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, Improved determination of gamma by VLBI, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 529, id.A70, 2011.
- V. Lainey, O. Karatekin, J. Desmars, S. Charnoz, J.-E. Arlot, N. Emelyanov, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, S. Mathis, F. Remus, G. Tobie, J.-P. Zahn, Strong tidal dissipation in Saturn and constraints on Enceladus' thermal state from astrometry, accepted ApJ.
- J. Oberst, V. Lainey, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, V. Dehant, P. Rosenblatt, S. Ulamec, J. Biele, J. Spurmann, R. Kahle, V. Klein, U. Schriber, A. Schlicht, N. Rambaux, P. Laurent, B. Noyelles, B. Foulon, A. Zakharov, L. Gurvits, D. Uchaev, S. Murchie, C. Reed, S. Turyshev, J. Gil, M. Graziano, K. Willner, K. Wickhusen, A. Pasewaldt, M. Wählisch, H. Hoffmann, GETEMME - A mission to Explore the Martian satellites and the Fundamentals of Solar System Physics -, accepted Exp. Astronomy.
- A. Hees, B. Lamine, S. Reynaud, M.-T. Jaekel, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, V. Lainey, A. Füzfa, J.-M. Courty, V. Dehant, P. Wolf, Radioscience simulations in General Relativity and in alternative theories of gravity, submitted PRD.