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Theory of the Red Shift and the Nature of Planck's Constant

Nature volume 191, page 1184 (1961)Cite this article

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SINCE the Mössbauer experiment, the definition of the frequency of light requires further attention. In the theory of General Relativity the following definitions are possible :

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    L. INFELD

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INFELD, L. Theory of the Red Shift and the Nature of Planck's Constant. Nature 191, 1184 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1911184a0

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