Search for an Effect of Mass on Frequency during a Close Approach of Pulsar CP 0950 to the Sun
D. Sadeh 1,
J. P. Hollinger 1,
S. H. Knowles 1, and
A. B. Youmans 2
1 E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
2 Naval Research Laboratory, Sugar Grove, West Virginia
Observations of the pulse arrival times from the pulsar CP 0950 were made during August when the line of sight to the pulsar approached within 5 degrees of the sun in order to test a suggested mass-on-frequency effect. The observations do not show evidence for the predicted effect.