Generation of gravitational waves with nuclear reactions

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 1249-1255

  Fontana, Giorgio ^a   Baker Jr , Robert M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b GRAVWAVE LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitational wave; HFGW; High frequency; Isomer; Nuclear fission; Nuclear reactor; Particle accelerator

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751228444     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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