Second post-Newtonian approximation of scalar-tensor theory of gravity

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 171-180

  Xie, Yi ^a   Ni, Wei Tou ^b,c   Dong, Peng ^b   Huang, Tian Yi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

ASTROD; Intermediate range gravity; Precision astrodynamics; Scalar tensor theory; Second post Newtonian approximation

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

ASTROD; DARK ENERGY; INFLATION MODELS; NEWTONIANS; PERFECT FLUID; SCALAR-TENSOR THEORY; SPACE TESTS; THEORY OF GRAVITY;

TENSORS;

EID: 57649158321     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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