Experimental validation of a high accuracy test of the equivalence principle with the small satellite "Galileo Galilei"

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 16, Issue 12 A, 2007, Pages 2259-2270

  Nobili, Anna M ^a   Comandi, Gian Luca ^b   Doravari, Suresh ^a   MacCarrone, Francesco ^a   Bramanti, Donato ^c   Polacco, Erseo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental gravity; General relativity; Space physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849195681     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271807011590     Document Type: Article

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