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Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 2081–2084 (1980)

Test of Relativistic Gravitation with a Space-Borne Hydrogen Maser

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R. F. C. Vessot, M. W. Levine*, E. M. Mattison, E. L. Blomberg, T. E. Hoffman†, G. U. Nystrom, and B. F. Farrel
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

R. Decher, P. B. Eby, C. R. Baugher, J. W. Watts, D. L. Teuber, and F. D. Wills
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35812

Received 19 August 1980; published in the issue dated 29 December 1980

The results of a test of general relativity with use of a hydrogen-maser frequency standard in a spacecraft launched nearly vertically upward to 10 000 km are reported. The agreement of the observed relativistic frequency shift with prediction is at the 70×10-6 level.

© 1980 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.2081
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.2081
PACS:
04.80.+z

*Present address: Frequency and Time Systems, 34 Tozer Rd., Beverly, Mass. 01915.

†Present address: Arthur D. Little Inc., 25 Acorn Park, Cambridge, Mass. 02140.

 
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