GAUGE: The grAnd unification and gravity explorer

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 549-572

  Amelino Camelia, G ^a   Aplin, K ^b   Arndt, M ^c   Barrow, J D ^d   Bingham, R J ^b   Borde, C ^e   Bouyer, P ^f   Caldwell, M ^b   Cruise, A M ^g   Damour, T ^h   D'Arrigo, P ⁱ   Dittus, H ^j   Ertmer, W ^k   Foulon, B ^l   Gill, P ^m   Hammond, G D ^g   Hough, J ⁿ   Jentsch, C ^o   Johann, U ^o   Jetzer, P ^p   Klein, H ^m   Lambrecht, A ^q   Lamine, B ^q   Lammerzahl C ^j   Lockerbie, N ^r   Loeffler, F ^s   Mendonca, J T ^t   Mester, J ^u   Ni, W T ^v   Pegrum, C ^r   Peters, A ^w   Rasel, E ^k   Reynaud, S ^q   Shaul, D ^x   Sumner, T J ^x   Theil, S ^j   Torrie, C ⁿ   Touboul, P ^l   Trenkel, C ⁱ   Vitale, S ^y   Vodel, W ^z   Wang, C ^aa   Ward, H ⁿ   Woodgate, A ⁿ   more..

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Laboratoire Systemes de Reference Temps Espace   (France)

^f INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

ⁱ AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^k INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^l ONERA   (France)

^m National Physics Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^o AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^q LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^s Physikalisch Technnische Bundesanstalt   (Germany)

^t INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^u STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v Purple Mountain Obervatory ^*  (China)

^w HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^x IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^z FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Atom interferometry; Equivalence principle; Fundamental physics; Mass spin coupling; Space mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349277587     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9086-9     Document Type: Article

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