Gravity-wave interferometers as quantum-gravity detectors

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6724, 1999, Pages 216-218

  Amelino Camelia, Giovanni ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; GRAVITY; INTERFEROMETER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0033580414     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18377     Document Type: Article

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