"Galileo Galilei (GG) on the Ground-GGG": Experimental results and perspectives

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 318, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-222

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equivalence principle; Quality factor measurements; Rotordynamics

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL ACCELEROMETERS; DIFFERENTIAL FREQUENCY; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLES; QUALITY FACTORS; ROTOR-DYNAMICS; SPACE EXPERIMENTS; SPIN FREQUENCY; SUPERCRITICAL REGIME;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ASTRONOMY; CONTROL SYSTEM; COSMOS; GRAVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROTATION;

EID: 0242330802     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2003.07.021     Document Type: Article

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