A massive binary black-hole system in OJ 287 and a test of general relativity

Nature

Volumn 452, Issue 7189, 2008, Pages 851-853

  Valtonen, M J ^a   Lehto, H J ^a   Nilsson, K ^a   Heidt, J ^b   Takalo, L O ^a   Sillanpaa A ^a   Villforth, C ^a   Kidger, M ^c,d   Poyner, G ^e   Pursimo, T ^f   Zola, S ^g,h   Wu, J H ⁱ   Zhou, X ⁱ   Sadakane, K ^j   Drozdz, M ^h   Koziel, D ^g   Marchev, D ^k   Ogloza, W ^h   Porowski, C ^g   Siwak, M ^g   Stachowski, G ^h   Winiarski, M ^g   Hentunen, V P ^l   Nissinen, M ^l   Liakos, A ^m   Dogru, S ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^d INSA   (Spain)

^e Piccadilly   (United Kingdom)

^f NORDIC OPTICAL TELESCOPE   (Spain)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

ⁱ CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^j OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k SHUMEN UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^l Warkauden Kassiopeia Ry ^*  (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁿ ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GRAVITY FIELD; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; PROBE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENERGY; GRAVITY; NEUTRON; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; THEORY;

EID: 42249087935     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06896     Document Type: Article

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