Direct force measurements for testing the LISA Pathfinder gravitational reference sensor

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Cavalleri, A ^a   Ciani, G ^b   Dolesi, R ^b   Hueller, M ^b   Nicolodi, D ^b   Tombolato, D ^b   Wass, P J ^b   Weber, W J ^b   Vitale, S ^b   Carbone, L ^b,c  

^a Centro Fisica Degli Stati Aggregati   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955157029     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/9/094012     Document Type: Article

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