Progress in measurements of the gravitational bending of radio waves using the vlba

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 699, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1395-1402

  Fomalont, E ^a   Kopeikin, S ^b   Lanyi, G ^c   Benson, J ^d  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitation; Quasars: individual (3C279); Relativity; Techniques: interferometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149126019     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/1395     Document Type: Article

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