Pound–Rebka experiment
Experimento de Pound y Rebka
- Date
- 1959 · confidence high
- Place
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Credited to
- Glen Rebka y Robert Pound
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
An experiment that measured the gravitational redshift of gamma rays rising through Harvard's physics tower, confirming a key prediction of general relativity.
What it led to
- Precision tests of general relativity
- Relativistic correction in atomic clocks and GPS
- Strong-field gravitational astrophysics
- Applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy