The Gravitational Red-Shift

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Scientific Paper
Title The Gravitational Red-Shift
Author(s) Jeremy Dunning-Davies
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Journal None
No. of pages 3

Abstract

Attention is drawn to the fact that the well-known expression for the red-shift of spectral lines due to a gravitational field may be derived with no recourse to the theory of general relativity. This raises grave doubts over the inclusion of the measurement of this gravitational red-shift in the list of crucial tests of the theory of general relativity.