Einstein gravity explorer-a medium-class fundamental physics mission

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 573-610

  Schiller, S ^a   Tino, G M ^b   Gill, P ^c   Salomon, C ^d   Sterr, U ^e   Peik, E ^e   Nevsky, A ^a   Gorlitz A ^a   Svehla, D ^f   Ferrari, G ^b   Poli, N ^b   Lusanna, L ^g   Klein, H ^c   Margolis, H ^c   Lemonde, P ^h   Laurent, P ^h   Santarelli, G ^h   Clairon, A ^h   Ertmer, W ⁱ   Rasel, E ⁱ   Muller J ^j   Iorio, L ^k   Lammerzahl C ^l   Dittus, H ^l   Gill, E ^m   Rothacher, M ⁿ   Flechner, F ⁿ   Schreiber, U ^o   Flambaum, V ^p   Ni, Wei Tou ^q   Liu, Liang ^r   Chen, Xuzong ^s   Chen, Jingbiao ^s   Gao, Kelin ^t   Cacciapuoti, L ^u   Holzwarth, R ^v,w   Hess M P ^x   Schafer W ^y   more..

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^j LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^k INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^m DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^o Fundamentalstation Wettzell   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^q CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^r SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^s PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^t Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^u EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^v MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^w MENLO SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

^x AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^y TIMETECH GMBH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Atomic clock; Equivalence principle; Frequency transfer; General relativity; Geoid; Gravitational frequency shift; Gravitational potential; Gravitational redshift; Local position invariance; Lorentz invariance; Microwave link; Optical clock; Special relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349266705     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9126-5     Document Type: Article

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