A rotating differential accelerometer for testing the equivalence principle in space: Results from laboratory tests of a ground prototype

New Astronomy

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 371-390

  Nobili, A M ^a   Bramanti, D ^a   Comandi, G L ^a   Toncelli, R ^a   Polacco, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gravitation; Instrumentation: detectors; Methods: data analysis; Methods: laboratory; Relativity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GRAVITATION;

EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE (EP);

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0037810662     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(02)00233-6     Document Type: Article

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