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Testing general relativity with geodetic VLBI. What a single, specially designed experiment can teach us
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Titov, O and Girdiuk, A and Lambert, SB and Lovell, J and McCallum, J and Shabala, S and McCallum, L and Mayer, D and Schartner, M and de Witt, A and Shu, F and Melnikov, A and Ivanov, D and Mikhailov, A and Yi, S and Soja, B and Xia, B and Jiang, T, Testing general relativity with geodetic VLBI. What a single, specially designed experiment can teach us, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 168 Article A8. ISSN 1432-0746 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833459
Abstract
Context: We highlight the capabilities of geodetic VLBI technique to test general relativity in the classical astrometric style, i.e. measuring the deflection of light in the vicinity of the Sun.
Aims: In previous studies, the parameter γ was estimated by global analyses of thousands of geodetic VLBI sessions. Here we estimate γ from a single session where the Sun has approached two strong reference radio sources, 0229+131 and 0235+164, at an elongation angle of 1–3◦.
Methods: The AUA020 VLBI session of 1 May 2017 was designed to obtain more than 1000 group delays from the two radio sources. The solar corona effect was effectively calibrated with the dual-frequency observations even at small elongation.
Results: We obtained γ with a greater precision (0.9 × 10−4) than has been obtained through global analyses of thousands of standard geodetic sessions over decades. Current results demonstrate that the modern VLBI technology is capable of establishing new limits on observational tests of general relativity.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | astrometry, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), AuScope |
Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
Research Field: | Astronomical sciences not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
UTAS Author: | Lovell, J (Dr Jennifer Lovell) |
UTAS Author: | McCallum, J (Dr Jamie McCallum) |
UTAS Author: | Shabala, S (Associate Professor Stas Shabala) |
UTAS Author: | McCallum, L (Dr Lucia McCallum) |
ID Code: | 128164 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 6 |
Deposited By: | Mathematics and Physics |
Deposited On: | 2018-09-06 |
Last Modified: | 2020-12-02 |
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