Mimicking celestial mechanics in metamaterials

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 687-692

  Genov, Dentcho A ^a,b   Zhang, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICS; RELATIVITY;

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION; CELESTIAL MECHANICS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; CURVED SPACETIME; GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY; MECHANICAL ANALOGY; OPTICAL CAVITIES; STRANGE ATTRACTORS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 70249128265     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1338     Document Type: Article

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