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Photon mass and astronomical observations

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报告题目:Photon mass and astronomical observations

报 告 人:Qian Lei,NAOC

报告时间:2014年5月22日13:30

报告地点:物理系三楼报告厅

报告摘要:Null experiments in physics is not as exciting as discovery experiments, however, they are very important for fundamental physics.

Theoretically, a photon should have a zero rest mass, which has be tested by various experiments with improving upper limits. Most of these experiments was performed in the lab. The photon rest mass can also be constrained by astronomical observations, which provide another view point. To constrain photon mass with light bending in gravitational field, lower frequencies, higher angular resolution are needed.