Probes and tests of strong-field gravity with observations in the electromagnetic spectrum

Living Reviews in Relativity

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Psaltis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 68149178871     PISSN: 14338351     EISSN: 14338351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lrr-2008-9     Document Type: Review

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