Accession Number:

AD0706312

Title:

A RADIO INTERFEROMETRIC TEST OF THE GENERAL RELATIVISTIC LIGHT BENDING NEAR THE SUN,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA OWENS VALLEY RADIO OBSERVATORY

Personal Author(s):

• Muhleman,D. O.
• Ekers,R. D.
• Fomalont,E. B.

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

Descriptors:

• (*RELATIVITY THEORY
• TEST METHODS)
• (*EXTRATERRESTRIAL RADIO WAVES
• DEFLECTION)
• (*SOLAR CORONA
• ELECTRON DENSITY)
• RADIO ASTRONOMY
• GRAVITY
• RADIO TRANSMISSION
• RADIO INTERFEROMETERS

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics
• Quantum Theory and Relativity

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE