Particle detectors, geodesic motion and the equivalence principle

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 433-444

  Sonego, Sebastiano ^a   Westman, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0742323883     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/2/008     Document Type: Article

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