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Joseph C. Hafele

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Joseph C. Hafele is an American physicist best known for the Hafele-Keating experiment,[1][2] a test of Einstein's theory of relativity performed while he was an assistant professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis.[3] He later worked at Christopher Newport University.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hafele, J. (July 14, 1972). "Around the world atomic clocks:predicted relativistic time gains". Science. 177 (4044): 166–168. Bibcode:1972Sci...177..166H. doi:10.1126/science.177.4044.166. PMID 17779917. Retrieved 2006-09-18. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Hafele, J. (July 14, 1972). "Around the world atomic clocks:observed relativistic time gains". Science. 177 (4044): 168–170. Bibcode:1972Sci...177..168H. doi:10.1126/science.177.4044.168. PMID 17779918. Retrieved 2006-09-18. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Popular Mechanics, January 1972, p. 30
  4. ^ http://www.astronomy.net/forums/blackholes2/messages/4289.shtml