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Very long baseline interferometry: accuracy limits and relativistic tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2010

Robert Heinkelmann  and
Harald Schuh
Robert Heinkelmann
Affiliation:
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI, Alfons-Goppel-Str. 11, 80539 München, Germany email: heinkelmann@dgfi.badw.de
Harald Schuh
Affiliation:
Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstr. 27-29, 1040 Wien, Austria email: harald.schuh@tuwien.ac.at
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Abstract

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We present a review on relativistic effects and best estimates of the relativistic PPN parameter γ obtained by analysis of data from the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS). Relativistic implications are also considered in view of the upcoming new generation VLBI System: VLBI2010.

Keywords

VLBIPPN parameter γVLBI2010
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S261: Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy: Dynamics, Reference Frames, and Data Analysis , April 2009 , pp. 286 - 290
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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