Project SEE (Satellite Energy Exchange): An international effort to develop a space-based mission for precise measurements of gravitation

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2331-2346

  Sanders, A J ^a,c   Alexeev, A D ^b   Allison, S W ^a,c   Antonov, V ^a   Bronnikov, K A ^b   Campbell, J W ^d   Cates, M R ^a,c   Corcovilos, T A ^a   Earl, D D ^a,c   Gadfort, T ^a   Gillies, G T ^e   Harris, M J ^a   Kolosnitsyn, N I ^b   Konstantinov, M Yu ^b   Melnikov, V N ^b,g   Newby, R J ^a   Schunk, R G ^d   Smalley, L L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR GRAVITATION AND FUNDAMENTAL METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Virginia   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

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EID: 0034410669     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/17/12/305     Document Type: Article

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