Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 1475–1478 (1976)Measurements of the Solar Gravitational Deflection of Radio Waves in Agreement with General RelativityReceived 12 January 1976; published in the issue dated 21 June 1976 In two experiments in 1974 and 1975, utilizing a radio interferometer of 35-km base-line, the relative positions of three radio sources were monitored over a period of a month when the sun was within 10 deg of the sources. The mean gravitational deflection is 1.007 ± 0.009 (standard error) times the value predicted by general relativity. These results exclude the Brans-Dicke theory of gravitation with a scalar coupling constant ω<23 at the 99% confidence level. © 1976 The American Physical Society URL:
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