ASTROD and ASTROD I - Overview and progress

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 921-940

  Ni, Wei Tou ^a,b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

ASTROD; ASTROD I; Fundamental physics mission; Gravitational wave detection; Solar astrodynamics; Test of relativistic gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549115770     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271808012619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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