Measuring the foaminess of space-time with gravity-wave interferometers

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 795-805

  Ng, Y Jack ^a   Van Dam, H ^a  

^a University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0034400063     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003745212871     Document Type: Article

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