Very long baseline interferometry: Accuracy limits and relativistic tests

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Volumn 5, Issue S261, 2009, Pages 286-290

  Heinkelmann, Robert ^a   Schuh, Harald ^b  

^a Deutsches Geod atisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

PPN parameter ; VLBI; VLBI2010

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864491256     PISSN: 17439213     EISSN: 17439221     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921309990524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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