Probing quantum violations of the equivalence principle

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-194

  Adunas, G Z ^a   Rodriguez Milla, E ^a   Ahluwalia, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Equivalence principle; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035594515     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002749217269     Document Type: Article

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