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Apparent Weight of Photons

R. V. Pound and G. A. Rebka, Jr.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 4, 337 – Published 1 April 1960
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An article within the collection: The Physical Review Journals Celebrate The International Year of Light, Letters from the Past - A PRL Retrospective, and the 2015 - General Relativity’s Centennial
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Abstract

  • Received 9 March 1960

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.4.337

©1960 American Physical Society

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The Physical Review Journals Celebrate The International Year of Light

The editors of the Physical Review journals revisit papers that represent important breakthroughs in the field of optics.

Letters from the Past - A PRL Retrospective

2008 marked PRL’s 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations a collection of milestone Letters was started. The collection contains Letters that have made long-lived contributions to physics, either by announcing significant discoveries, or by initiating new areas of research.

2015 - General Relativity’s Centennial

The editors of the Physical Review journals have curated a collection of landmark papers on General Relativity to celebrate its centennial.

Authors & Affiliations

R. V. Pound and G. A. Rebka, Jr.

  • Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

See Also

The Weight of Light

David Lindley
Phys. Rev. Focus 16, 1 (2005)

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Vol. 4, Iss. 7 — 1 April 1960

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