Empirical foundations of the relativistic gravity

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 901-921

  Wei Tou, Ni ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

SCOPE; ASTROD; General relativity; Relativistic gravity; STEP

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644447761     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271805007139     Document Type: Article

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