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Properties of Photons determined by Interferometric Spectroscopy

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Black body spectroscopy has been neglected by experimentalists for fifty years. We propose to apply interferometric methods to black bodies with the prospect of getting temperature values based on frequency standards in the range from 90 K and upwards. When applied to higher temperature sources, the same methods could tell us new things about photons.

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  1. H. A. GEBBIE

    Present address: Radio and Space Research Station, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England

  2. R. P. FUTRELLE

    Present address: Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60627

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  1. Department of Physics and Astrophysics,

    H. A. GEBBIE & R. A. BOHLANDER

  2. Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80302

    R. P. FUTRELLE

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GEBBIE, H., BOHLANDER, R. & FUTRELLE, R. Properties of Photons determined by Interferometric Spectroscopy. Nature 240, 391–394 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/240391a0

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