The double pulsar system: A unique laboratory for gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Kramer, M ^a,b   Wex, N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68949098554     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/7/073001     Document Type: Review

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