Measurements of gravitational redshift between 1959 and 1971

1 May 1996

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Annals of Science

Vol. 53 (3) , 269-295
https://doi.org/10.1080/00033799600200211

Abstract

The paper presents and discusses measurements of gravitational redshift (GRS) made between 1959 and 1971 by Pound and Rebka, Schiffer and Marshall, Brault, Blamont and Roddier, and finally by Snider. It emphasizes the importance of new measurement techniques such as wavelength modulation, electronic amplification, and scattering of atomic beams to the emergence of new tests of Einstein's GRS prediction, which were perceived by the scientific community as the first ‘clean’ verifications of GRS. In particular, the race to be the first to apply the Mössbauer effect to the GRS problem is described. As soon as the Mössbauer effect was stabilized, it was transformed into a measurement technology that in turn triggered new types of experimental tests of GRS.

Keywords

MEASUREMENTS OF GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT

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