Matter wave explorer of gravity (MWXG)

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 611-649

  Ertmer, W ^a   Schubert, C ^a   Wendrich, T ^a   Gilowski, M ^a   Zaiser, M ^a   Zoest, T V ^a   Rasel, E ^a   Bordé, Ch ^b   Clairon, A ^b   Landragin, ^b   Laurent, P ^b   Lemonde, P ^b   Santarelli, G ^b   Schleich, W ^c   Cataliotti, F S ^e   Inguscio, M ^e   Poli, N ^e   Sorrentino, F ^e   Modugno, C ^e   Tino, G M ^e   Gill, P ^f   Klein, H ^f   Margolis, H ^f   Reynaud, S ^g   Salomon, C ^h   Lambrecht, A ^g   Peik, E ⁱ   Jentsch, C ^j   Johann, U ^j   Rathke, A ^j   Bouyer, P ^k   Cacciapuoti, L ^l   DeNatale, P ^m   Christophe, B ⁿ   Foulon, B ⁿ   Touboul, P ⁿ   Maleki, L ^o   Yu, N ^o   Turyshev, S G ^o   Anderson, J D ^p   Schmidt Kaler, F ^c   Walser, R ^c   Vigue J ^q   Buchner M ^q   Angonin, M C ^d   Delva, P ^d   Tourrenc, P ^d   Bingham, R ^r   Kent, B ^r   Wicht, A ^s   Wang, L J ^t   Bongs, K ^t   Dittus, Hj ^u   Lammerzahl C ^u   Theil, S ^u   Sengstock, K ^v   Peters, A ^w   Muller T ^x   Arndt, M ^y   Iess, L ^z   Bondu, F ^aa   Brillet, A ^aa   Samain, E ^aa   Chiofalo, M L ^ab   Levi, F ^ac   Calonico, D ^ac   more..

^a INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^h ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

ⁱ PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^j AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^k INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^l EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^m ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

ⁿ ONERA   (France)

^o NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^p Global Aerospace Corporation   (United States)

^q CNRS   (France)

^r RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^s HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^w HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^x NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^y UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^z SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^aa UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^ab SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^ac ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Atom interferometer; Fundamental physics; General relativity; MWXG; Test of equivalence principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349088030     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9125-6     Document Type: Article

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