The phase coherence of light from extragalactic sources: Direct evidence against first-order Planck-scale fluctuations in time and space

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 585, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Lieu, Richard ^a   Hillman, Lloyd W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Early universe; Gravitation; Radiation mechanisms: general; Techniques: interferometric; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042381913     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374350     Document Type: Article

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