Accession Number:
AD0706312
Title:
A RADIO INTERFEROMETRIC TEST OF THE GENERAL RELATIVISTIC LIGHT BENDING NEAR THE SUN,
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Corporate Author:
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA OWENS VALLEY RADIO OBSERVATORY
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Report Date:
1970-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
20.0
Abstract:
Radio interferometry was used to measure the deflection of a radio source as it passed the Sun. This deflection is a separable combination of refraction in the coronal electron plasma and the General Relativistic effect. The observed inverse distance component was 1.040.15-0.10 of that predicted by Einsteins theory of General Relativity. The observation also yielded a reasonable value for the coronal electron density. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Astrophysics
- Quantum Theory and Relativity