Proposed noncryogenic, nondrag-free test of the equivalence principle in space

New Astronomy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-218

  Nobili, A M ^a   Bramanti, D ^a   Catastini, G ^a   Polacco, E ^a   Genta, G ^b   Brusa, E ^b   Mitrofanov, V P ^c   Bernard, A ^d   Touboul, P ^d   Cook, A J ^e   Hough, J ^f   Roxburgh, I W ^g   Polnarev, A ^g   Flury, W ^h   Barlier, F ⁱ   Marchal, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d ONERA   (France)

^e SELWYN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h ESA ESOC   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics; Earth; Gravitation; Instrumentation: detectors; Relativity; Space vehicles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010716669     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(97)00049-3     Document Type: Article

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