Test of Relativistic Gravitation with a Space-Borne Hydrogen Maser

R. F. C. Vessot, M. W. Levine, E. M. Mattison, E. L. Blomberg, T. E. Hoffman, G. U. Nystrom, B. F. Farrel, R. Decher, P. B. Eby, C. R. Baugher, J. W. Watts, D. L. Teuber, and F. D. Wills
Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 2081 – Published 29 December 1980
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Abstract

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 70×106 level.

  • Received 19 August 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.2081

©1980 American Physical Society

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Authors & Affiliations

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

  • *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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Vol. 45, Iss. 26 — 29 December 1980

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