Listening to the universe with gravitational-wave astronomy

Annals of Physics

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 142-178

  Hughes, Scott A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0037268777     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4916(02)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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