Low loss niobium flexure suspension systems

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1703-1708

  Ju, L ^a   Blair, D G ^a   Bilenko, I ^b   Paget, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0036273057     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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