Gravitational redshift of galaxies in clusters as predicted by general relativity

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7366, 2011, Pages 567-569

  Wojtak, Radosåaw ^a   Hansen, Steen H ^a   Hjorth, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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COSMOLOGY; GRAVITY FIELD; GROWTH RATE; PREDICTION;

ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; GRAVITY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN;

EID: 80053352483     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10445     Document Type: Article

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