Antimatter gravity studies with interferometry

Hyperfine Interactions

Volumn 109, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 357-365

  Phillips, Thomas J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihydrogen; Antimatter; Antineutron; Gravity; Positronium

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342571739     PISSN: 03043843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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